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12/09/2013
CMS will propose giving providers who started to attest for meaningful use in 2011 or 2012 more time -- until 2016 – in stage 2, according to a HealthIT.gov blog post.
12/09/2013
Despite some forward movement in Congress this year, a permanent repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) is unlikely to take effect before the new year, and a temporary patch instead is expected to take its place.
12/09/2013
It wasn’t hard to avoid payment cuts under the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) in 2013 and earlier, but the program will force you to do more in 2014 or take a 2% pay cut in 2016, a Part B News analysis shows.
12/09/2013
CMS left some key details hanging on its proposed chronic care code in the Medicare physician fee schedule final rule — and it also dropped hints that some practices may not be able to bill it.
 
12/09/2013
CMS made some changes to telehealth requirements that will mean more money for some rural providers.
12/09/2013
Payment rates in the Medicare physician fee schedule final rule will be good news to mental health specialists but bad news for diagnostic testing facilities.
12/09/2013
Common office visit codes that had seen double-digit increases between 2009 and 2013 show negligible changes in the final 2014 Medicare physician fee schedule, a Part B News analysis shows.
12/09/2013
Prepare your practice for 2014 by studying these changes CMS made to various policies.
12/09/2013
CMS has given you and itself a little breathing room by delaying the effective date for 24 of the provisions in the 2014 physician fee schedule.
12/09/2013

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