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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2021 (the Final Rule) issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on December 1, 2020, and published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2020, made significant and far-reaching changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). In the Final Rule, which went into effect on January 1, 2021, CMS implemented changes to streamline the reporting process for office and outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) services and increased the relative value...

Murals add colours to the federal capital, big honour for local artists (Series II - Mural artists’ views in beautifying Kuala Lumpur and opportunities for local artists to show case creativity and talent) 27 Dec 2020 / 10:50 H. KUALA LUMPUR: “Everyone can make a mural, it’s just how to get the standard so that our work becomes the talk of town and made viral on social media,” said Ruhizad Mohd Ali, 58, the ‘backbone’ and leader of the group that is responsible for painting the murals (pix) under the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) project. The mural paintings are normally draw...

Highlights The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Final Rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), which contains updates to the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The MPFS dictates Medicare rates and policies under Part B, while the QPP implements two value-based payment programs: the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs). Among notable changes, CMS has proposed to make permanent certain telehealth changes that have been implemented in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE)...