…and a diversity of sites for patients to access care (site neutrality). Studying the use of various alternative payment and competitive bidding approaches, including use of MA-negotiated rates to…

…that innovative products are brought to market faster. Ensuring that Medicare payments and policies encourage competition and a diversity of sites for patients to access care (site neutrality). Studying…

…work RVU for CPT code 27280, Arthrodesis, open, sacroiliac joint, including obtaining bone graft, including instrumentation, when performed to achieve site-of-service parity and eliminate incentives for facilities to use…

…September on the Model website. The Request for Application for the ACO Transformation Track will be available in early 2021 on the CHART Model website. See also the full…

…practitioners in all sites of service. These services include but are not limited to visits, surgical procedures, diagnostic tests, therapy services, and specified preventive services. As part of the…

…2018. The PFS pays for services furnished by physicians and other practitioners in all sites of service. These services include but are not limited to visits, surgical procedures, diagnostic…

…of the pre- and post-operative care delivered in a small number of sites, including some ACOs. In order to collect claims-based data, CMS is proposing to require ALL physicians…

…sites for services furnished via telehealth to include any site in the U.S. where the beneficiary is located at the time of the telehealth service, including an individual’s home;…

…advocate to CMS for the appropriate relief and to ensure CMS liberally grants hardship requests due to the COVID-19 PHE. In addition, the CMS Quality Payment Program website (qpp.cms.gov)…

…rule is less strict than the initial 2018 proposed draft. At that time, CMS proposed to retroactively implement the stricter auditing standards to contracts dating back to 2011. The…

…to retroactively implement the stricter auditing standards to contracts dating back to 2011. The final rule will only apply to contracts dated from payment year 2018 and up. According…

…performed with fusion, new codes for basivertebral nerve ablation (Intracept procedure), and a revised value for insertion of spinal stabilization devices (Coflex). CMS proposed updating the Relative Value Units…