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Athletico Physical Therapy, a provider of physical and occupational therapy, voluntarily participated in CMS’s 2020 Quality Payment Program (QPP), resulting in its clinicians being recognized as top-tier providers under the nation’s premier quality of care measurement program.   The Quality Payment Program is part of Medicare’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), which is designed to tie payments to high quality and cost-efficient care, and is the only national benchmark for medical specialties including physical and occupational therapy services. Collected and Submitted D...

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news. Week in Review Highlight of the Week: This week, CMS published its annual Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. Read more about the regulation and other news below. I. Regulations, Notices & Guidance On July 13, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a final rule entitled, Promoting Telehealth for Low-Income C...

Friday, July 16, 2021 This Week's Dose Senate Democrats reach partisan agreement on human infrastructure package. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) release proposed physician payment rule that addresses coverage for telemedicine services and reduces the conversion factor by 3.75%. Biden directs agencies to consider reforms to enhance competition.  Congress Senate Democrats Announced $3.5 Trillion Human Infrastructure Package. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the package late Tuesday night, which represents Biden Administration priorities that Democrats...

email article WASHINGTON -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule for Medicare would lower the amount physicians are paid under fee-for-service Medicare and change the requirements for incentives under the Quality Payment Program. The changes, announced at 8 p.m. Tuesday, include a decrease in the "conversion factor" -- the multiplier that Medicare applies to relative value units (RVUs) to calculate reimbursement for a particular service or procedure under Medicare's fee-for-service system. Due to budget neutrality change...

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