Due to the ongoing impact of the Change Healthcare cyberattack on physician practices, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added an option to cite the cyberattack when requesting a hardship exemption within the 2024 Merit-based Incentive Payment...
On April 25, 2024 all seven Part B MACs released proposed policies that would govern the application of skin substitute grafts/cellular and tissue-based products for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers for Medicare Part B beneficiaries. The...
What doctors wish patients knew about prior authorization | American Medical Association (ama-assn.org) The American Medical Association (AMA) has a very useful series called “What Doctors Wish Patients Knew”. You can subscribe here: What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™....
Check out the article by attorney Knicole Emanuel just posted in Today’s Wound Clinic: Pneumatic Compression Devices Are in the Spotlight for 2024 Audits. Over the last several years, Medicare audits by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have...
A new CMS blog entitled “Update on the Medicare Value-Based Care Strategy: Alignment, Growth, Equity” provides a progress report on accomplishments and a look toward the future for CMS’ Value-Based Care Strategy. It also covers CMS’ strategy to move toward...