Fee Schedule
ACR cheers ‘positive first step’ in reforming prior authorization for Medicare
Prior authorization reforms, increased biosimilar access and the future of the Medicare drug price negotiation program are among the American College of Rheumatology’s top concerns in a letter recently submitted to CMS.
AAD’s take on ‘catastrophic’ physician fee schedule leads top dermatology Q&As of 2024
Healio Dermatology’s wires were filled with many expert Q&As ranging from celebrity news perspectives to government agency appeals.
Exclusive interview on 2025 physician fee schedule cuts leads November dermatology news
An in-depth interview about the effects of the CMS’s 2025 physician fee schedule on patient access topped Healio Dermatology’s most-read articles of November, with FDA news also garnering attention.
Q&A: Cuts to 2025 physician fee schedule yield ‘catastrophic’ impacts to patient access
The CMS finalized cuts to the 2025 physician fee schedule for the fifth year in a row, prompting an urgent call-to-action from the American Academy of Dermatology. HHS, through the CMS, announced the finalization of the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
AMA calls for transparency about ‘jeopardizing’ impact of CMS physician payment cuts
A letter from the AMA's executive vice president called for CMS to be “fully transparent” on the impact that payment cuts in the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule will have on patients and physicians.
Top in ID: CDC issues alert for dengue infection; influenza vaccine for older adults
The CDC issued a health alert in June regarding the increased risk for dengue infection in the U.S., with suspected cases having more than doubled compared with the same time period from the previous year.
ID add-on code proposed in new CMS fee schedule
CMS included a new infectious disease consult add-on code as part of its proposed new fee schedule could help improve compensation for ID clinicians, according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
RPA: Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cut should be mostly neutral for nephrology
Proposed changes released earlier this month by CMS to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2025 should have a minimal impact on payments to nephrologists, according to a summary by the Renal Physicians Association.
VIDEO: Medicare physician fee schedule ‘on an untenable track’
DESTIN, Fla. — In this video exclusive, Robert W. Levin, MD, president of the Alliance for Transparent and Affordable Prescriptions, championed the American College of Rheumatology’s recent advocacy for an improved Medicare fee schedule.
ACR: Prior authorization, fee schedule reform must be Congress’ ‘top priority’
The American College of Rheumatology urged Congress to consider multiple reform agendas, including reforming prior authorization and the Medicare physician fee schedule, after a Capitol Hill hearing on the “collapse of private practice.”