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CMS to hold call on Medicaid pay parity tomorrow
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be holding a National Provider Call to discuss increased payments beginning in 2013 for primary care services.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/11/7.htm
11 Dec 2012
ACP to host webinar on PQRS requirements
ACP is hosting an informational webinar for physicians on the reporting requirements for the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) on Nov. 29, 2012.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/06/6.htm
6 Nov 2012
Version 5010 enforcement again delayed
Last Thursday, CMS announced that it would again delay enforcement of the version 5010 transactions standards for electronic claims. This time the delay will extend until June 30.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/20/7.htm
20 Mar 2012
Medicaid's increased primary care payments take effect
Primary care and related subspecialty physicians participating in their state's Medicaid program will receive enhanced payments for designated services beginning in 2013.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/08/8.htm
8 Jan 2013
Medicare will require clinicians to re-enroll
Due to new risk-screening criteria established as part of the Affordable Care Act, clinicians who enrolled in Medicare prior to March 25, 2011 will be required to re-enroll.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/25/7.htm
25 Oct 2011
Reminder of ACP webinar on PQRS requirements
ACP is hosting an informational webinar on the PQRS (Physician Quality Reporting System) reporting requirements for physicians on Nov. 29, 2012.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/20/10.htm
20 Nov 2012
Planning for potential Medicare pay cuts
ACP has posted a page on the Running a Practice section of the College website with information about the status of the fiscal cliff negotiations in Congress and advice on planning for the potential that the cuts are not averted.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/11/8.htm
11 Dec 2012
Resources available to help clinicians comply with new PQRS requirements
The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) 2012 reporting year will be the last year for physicians to participate in PQRS and receive an incentive payment of 0.5% of the total allowed charges for Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) covered services, without risk of penalty.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/18/6.htm
18 Dec 2012
Support page for e-prescribing to reopen in November
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will re-open the Quality Reporting Communication Support Page on Nov. 1 to allow individuals and CMS-selected group practices to request a significant hardship exemption for the 2013 e-prescribing payment adjustment.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/02/7.htm
2 Nov 2012
ACP supports proposed changes in Medicare payments to physicians
The new provisions were included in the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2020 that was released by CMS on July 29.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/06/2.htm
6 Aug 2019