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CMS Releases Final Rule on CY 2020 Physician Fee Schedule Updates and Implements Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Programs

Photo of Jeff Wurzburg (US)Photo of Thomas Dowdell (US)Photo of Mark Faccenda (US)By Jeff Wurzburg (US), Thomas Dowdell (US) and Mark Faccenda (US) on Posted in Enforcement, News from DC, Regulatory
On November 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rates and policies for calendar year (CY) 2020 and expands Medicare coverage to opioid treatment programs (OTPs) that treat beneficiaries with opioid use disorder (OUD). In a fact sheet accompanying the … Continue reading

Senate Republicans unveil health care reform bill; CMS proposes updates to the Quality Payment Program

Health Law PulseBy on Posted in News from DC
On June 22, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled the draft Senate health care reform bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017. Earlier today, Senate Republican leadership released a new discussion draft. As of this afternoon, Republican leadership reportedly has firm commitments from less than the 50 Senators needed to approve the legislation … Continue reading
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