2024 Physician Fee Schedule Specialty Impact Tables – Updated
HFMA presents an updated specialty impact tables based on the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule.
Comparison of 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Payment Rates to October 2023 Payment Rates – Updated
HFMA presents an updated spreadsheet comparing the 2024 physician fee schedule payment rates to the 2023 payment rates.
House passes bill to codify healthcare price transparency, expand site-neutral payment
The hospital industry saw reason for both relief and disappointment this week after a bill designed to promote price transparency took a major step toward becoming law. The House on Dec. 11 passed H.R. 5378, also known as the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, by a 320-71 vote. Along with cementing price transparency as the…
CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Summary Part III – Quality Payment Program Updates
HFMA presents part III of three detailed summaries of the final rule relating to the Medicare physician fee schedule for CY 2024 and other revisions to Medicare Part B policies. Part III covers the updates to the Quality Payment Program.
CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Summary Part II – Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements
HFMA presents part II of three detailed summaries of the final rule relating to the Medicare physician fee schedule for CY 2024 and other revisions to Medicare Part B policies. Part II covers the Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements.
CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Summary – Part I
HFMA presents part I of three detailed summaries of the final rule relating to the Medicare physician fee schedule for CY 2024 and other revisions to Medicare Part B policies.
Congress doesn’t seem to be mulling a fix for the 2024 Medicare physician payment cut
Congress has mitigated a scheduled Medicare payment cut for physicians going into each of the last three years, but relief does not appear to be on the way for a fourth year running. Medicare’s 2024 final rule for physician payments includes a $1.15 decrease to the conversion factor, amounting to a reduction of more than…
Senate bill would give hospitals a big break from looming Medicaid disproportionate share hospital cuts (updated)
Nov. 15 update: On Nov. 14, the House passed legislation on a bipartisan basis to keep the government funded through Jan. 19. Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments would be guaranteed to remain at their full amount through that date, and the bill similarly maintains short-term funding for graduate medical education, community health centers and the…
Hospital, physician advocates disagree over the role of physician-owned hospitals as policymakers ramp up focus
Hospital advocacy groups hope to stanch momentum that’s building in policy circles to increase the number of physician-owned hospitals. The American Hospital Association (AHA) and Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) issued a joint statement Oct. 18, saying permitting greater numbers of physician-owned hospitals (POHs) would have adverse effects on healthcare costs, access and quality. The…
CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Summary Part III – Quality Payment Program Updates
HFMA presents part III of three detailed summaries of the proposed rule relating to the Medicare physician fee schedule for CY 2024 and other revisions to Medicare Part B policies. Part III covers the updates to the Quality Payment Program.