Most medical practices do not think Medicare Part B quality reporting programs enhance the quality of patient care, and believe the programs actually negatively affect practice resources, efficiency ...

For the last 40 years, CMS has been slowly transforming itself from a passive payer to an active purchaser of health care.First there were charge controls (e.g. assignment) and then utilization ...

CMS is waving some penalties associated with failure to meet physician quality reporting system requirements because of incomplete updates to the ICD-10 code sets, according to an American Academy of ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is making several proposals to refine Medicare payments to physicians under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which is expected to increase payment ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on July 14. The agency’s announcement emphasized “significantly cutting spending waste, ...

Medicare Advantage plans’ varied interpretations of skilled nursing rules that apply to all beneficiaries in traditional Medicare could complicate federal regulators’ efforts to collect more quality ...

As America’s population ages, Medicare will play an even more critical role in ensuring access to high-quality, affordable care for the elderly. Congress must fix the broken Medicare physician payment ...

This study found no evidence that hospital employment of physicians resulted in physicians treating sicker patients, undercutting claims that hospital-employed physicians serve a higher-acuity patient ...

A Novant Health group in the Coastal Region was ranked first in the nation for high-quality performance by a Medicare program. The group, an Accountable Care Organization, focuses on preventative care ...