AAHKS Advocacy Scores Major APM Win

May 27, 2016 | Advocacy, CMS

AAHKS advocacy efforts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) resulted in positive reform on the Alternate Payment Model front. AAHKS worked in an alliance with the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Academy of...

MACRA Update from EBG

May 27, 2016 | CMS

On May 9, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule addressing implementation of physician payment reforms included in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). This proposed rule defines how CMS...

CMS Addresses AAHKS MDP Comments

May 6, 2016 | CMS

CMS published the final Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP) on May 2, 2016. Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., the AAHKS advocacy representative, summarized which of AAHKS’ comments were addressed and which were not in a report submitted this week. Read the...

Review Open Payment Data by May 15

Apr 29, 2016 | CMS

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will publish the 2015 payment data and updates to the 2013 and 2014 data on June 30, 2016. In order for any disputes to be addressed before the June 30th publication, physicians and teaching hospitals must initiate...

CMS Files MACRA Proposed Rule

Apr 29, 2016 | CMS

On Wednesday, April 27, CMS released a 962-page proposed rule to revamp Medicare’s physician pay system. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) replaces the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula with the Merit-Based Incentive Payment...