Fee Schedule
Medicare payment, physician fee schedule among top nephology policy news of 2023
Healio has compiled a list of its most-read policy and politics news in nephrology for 2023.
Top Q&As of 2023: The worsening primary care crisis, COVID-19 vaccine updates and more
In 2023, Healio conducted exclusive interviews with physicians, health leaders and other experts to take an in-depth look at the latest research and trends in primary care.
Q&A: 2024 physician fee schedule means 'untenable payment cuts for family physicians'
Reductions to the 2024 Medicare conversion factor will mean unsustainable payment cuts for family physicians, according to the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
ACR: Medicare physician fee schedule 'insufficient' to keep pace with inflation
The looming cut to the CMS conversion factor in 2024 means that payments for physician services may not be enough to keep up with inflation, the American College of Rheumatology said in a press release.
Q&A: Proposed physician fee schedule cuts payments but also 'signals progress'
CMS issued the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule on July 13.
ACR ’gravely concerned‘ over proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule changes
The American College of Rheumatology is “gravely concerned” about proposed rule changes to the CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program, the organization said in a statement.
ACR endorses bipartisan bill to link Medicare physician fee schedule payments to inflation
The American College of Rheumatology has endorsed a newly introduced bill in Congress that would automatically adjust the Medicare physician fee schedule based on inflation.
VIDEO: President of RPA plans to focus on physician fee schedule, practice transformation
NEW ORLEANS — In this video interview from the Annual Renal Physicians Association Meeting, Timothy A. Pflederer, MD, FASN, FASDIN, discusses challenges faced by nephrologists and what the association plans to focus on in 2023.
VIDEO: Renal Physicians Association provides nephrologists with unique support
NEW ORLEANS — In this video interview from the Annual Renal Physicians Association Meeting, Timothy A. Pflederer, MD, FASN, FASDIN, discusses the role the association plays in the daily life of a nephrologist.
‘Serious setback’: New Medicare fee schedule undervalues infectious disease workforce
The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule does not reflect the important role infectious disease physicians play in safeguarding public health and is a “serious setback” to the ID workforce, the Infectious Diseases Society of America said.