Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
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Payer News in Review 2022 – Special Edition
Notable 2022 news being reported on payers and the health insurance industry.
CMS Proposed Rule on Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization
Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule CMS-0057-P: Fact Sheet. CMS is continuing to advance our interoperability goals and tackle process challenges related to prior authorization to increase efficiencies in health care.
Early Holiday Gifts from HHS
By Matt Fisher – Gifting for the holiday season was kicked off early by the Department of Health and Human Services with some developments that should be welcome. The releases are part of an ongoing effort to improve understanding and alignment in healthcare.
Reminder: Upcoming MIPS Important Dates and Deadlines
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would like to remind clinicians of important upcoming Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) dates and deadlines:
HLTH 2022 Lightning Round
Our wrap on HLTH 2022, November 13 – 16, 2022 at The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas NV.
The CMS Innovation Center’s Strategy to Support Person-centered, Value-based Specialty Care
By Liz Fowler JD PhD, Purva Rawal PhD, Sarah Fogler PhD, Brian Waldersen MD MPH, Meghan O’Connell MPH, & Jacob Quinton MD MSHS – In 2021, CMS established a goal to have 100 percent of Original Medicare beneficiaries and the vast majority of Medicaid beneficiaries in accountable care relationships by 2030,,,
The Path Forward: Improving Data to Advance Health Equity Solutions
By LaShawn McIver MD – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health has released “The Path Forward: Improving Data to Advance Health Equity Solutions”, which for the first time, outlines a plan to tackle health equity data efforts across CMS programs to achieve health equity by…
CMS Issues Final Rules on CY 2023 Fee Schedules for Physicians
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued final rules on the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule and the 2023 End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System. They include updates and policy changes that will take effect January 1. 2023.