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Physician Payment
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Med Law Blog
CMS Unveils 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Proposal: Key Changes Ahead
On July 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule for the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule. As expected, there are several meaningful updates that providers,…
Med Law Blog
Medicare Decreases Physician Fee Schedule by 2.93%
The final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule was issued on November 1st for calendar year 2025. Attached is a link to both the Press Release describing all of the Medicare changes…
Health Care Law Matters
CMS Proposed Rule Decreases Physician Payments, Expands Telehealth, and Much More
The comment period for the CMS CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule recently closed on Monday, September 9th. Based on previous years, the Final Rule can be expected…
Health Law
CMS Releases CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
On July 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (2025 PFS Proposed Rule), which contains proposals…
Health Law Prof Blog
Ain’t No Sunshine: Bringing Physician Conflicts Out of the Dark
Jacob Elberg (Seton Hall University), Ain't No Sunshine: Bringing Physician Conflicts Out of the Dark, Univ. of Rich. L. Rev. (2023): Many mechanisms have been tried to protect patients from…
Health Law Diagnosis
DOJ Announces $900 Million Settlement Tied to Speaker Bureau Payments to Physicians
By Conor Duffy, Guest Contributor
On September 26, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $900 million settlement with pharmaceutical company Biogen Inc., which arose from alleged violations of the federal False…
Med Law Blog
Medicare Proposes 2023 Physician Pay Cuts
On July 7, 2022, CMS released its proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2023, which proposes physician fee schedule reductions via the Medicare Conversion Factor. The general Medicare conversion factor…
Life Sciences Perspectives
Patient Stakeholder Group Zeroes in on Medical Device Industry
By Matt Wetzel
In recent months, the Kaiser Health Network (part of the Kaiser Family Foundation) has issued three reports scrutinizing the orthopedic industry and its practices. Each report articulates the stakeholder group’s…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
Questions aplenty about medical device-makers paying doctors $3.6 billion
Although Big Pharma has taken deserved heat for selling its drugs by slathering doctors with cheesy tchotchkes, lavish or even cheap meals, and pricey trips, as well as lucrative consulting…
Tucker Arensberg Blog
2021 Medicare Fee Schedule Conversion Factor Reduction Reversed
CY 2021 Physician Fee Schedule Update On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act modified the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS): Provided a 3.75% increase in…