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The Expanding Role of Anesthesiologists in the CMS TEAM Model
Anesthesiologists have pioneered forward-thinking initiatives such as the perioperative surgical home, but these ...
JANUARY 31, 2025
Proposed CMS Cuts And the Future of Surgical Education
This August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a new Physician Fee Schedule for the ...
JANUARY 1, 2021
Study Finds Industry Payments to Pain Physicians Smaller, Less Frequent
One of the first analyses of its kind has characterized the nature of industry payments to pain physicians, ...
AUGUST 17, 2020
Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ensuring Access to Care
With implementation of social distancing and quarantines to prevent infectious transmission in order to ...
JUNE 4, 2020
ASA COVID-19 Town Hall: Response to Eliminating Scope of Practice Rules
The president of the ASA issued a brief response on the federal government’s decision to waive scope of ...
APRIL 15, 2020
Transparency in Pricing Coming to Health Systems
As of the end of last November, CMS released its final rule requiring hospitals to disclose payor-specific ...
MARCH 11, 2020
Medicare to Cover Acupuncture for Low Back Pain
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will begin payments for acupuncture as a treatment ...
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Gear Up for 2019 CMS Point-of-Sale Opioid Claim Edit Requirements
AMCP Nexus 2018: Medicare Part D plans should be getting ready to implement new point-of-sale claim edits for ...
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Why CMS Should Not Remove Pain Questions From Payment Calculations
The CMS recently recommended removing pain questions from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers ...
OCTOBER 13, 2016
CMS Proposes Removing Pain Questions From Payment Calculations
In order to mitigate “even the perception that there is financial pressure to overprescribe opioids,” ...
AUGUST 22, 2016
CMS Moves on Biosimilar Reimbursement
CMS will reimburse for biosimilars, but the Medicare Part B reimbursement will depend on the regulatory pathway by ...
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
CMS To Further Scrutinize Opioid Use
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be keeping a more watchful eye on opioid use in Medicaid ...
JANUARY 28, 2016