Major Physician Reimbursement Gap for Independent Versus Hospital Docs
Physician reimbursement for services performed by a doctor working for a hospital or health system is significantly higher than that paid to independent physicians for the same services, according to a...Physician Specialties Hit Hardest by Medicare Spending in 2020
Medicare spending on physician services decreased by $9.4 billion, or 19 percent, in the first half of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis from the American Medical...Reimbursing at Medicare Rates to Cut Healthcare Spending by $352B
Healthcare spending would be about $352 billion lower in 2021 if private payers reimbursed providers at Medicare rates, according to a new analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation. The analysis of data...Biden Administration Recommits to COVID-19 Reimbursement
The Biden administration will provide COVID-19 reimbursement to clinicians vaccinating uninsured patients, according to new CMS guidance. The guidance released on Feb. 26, 2021, stated that providers...CMS: Automatic Exception for MIPS Eligible Clinicians in 2020
Individual clinicians who must participate in Medicare’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for the 2020 performance period will automatically have the extreme and uncontrollable...Hospitals Increasingly Billing Inpatient Stays at Highest Severity
A new report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has shown that hospitals have increasingly billed inpatient stays at the highest severity level, causing concern about Medicare...Sponsored by Brault
