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Physician Payment
98 published works
Health Care Law Matters
Food for Thought: Is a Free Meal the Way to a Physician’s Heart (and Prescription Pad)?
Long gone are the days when drug reps enticed physicians with extravagant meals at five-star restaurants and box seats to the Phillies’ playoffs (and sadly, gone are the days when…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Proposes Implementation of MACRA Physician Payment Reforms
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed regulations to implement major reforms of the Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) update framework that were mandated by the Medicare…
Health Industry Washington Watch
GAO Recommends Equalizing Payment for Evaluation & Management Visits
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report examining trends in “vertical consolidation” -- hospital acquisition of physician practices or hiring of physicians as salaried employees – and the…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Provides More Time to Comment on MACRA Physician Payment Reforms
CMS has extended the comment period on its October 1, 2015 request for information (RFI) regarding implementation of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and promotion of alternative payment models in…
Health Care and Life Sciences
More Time Given To Stakeholders to Respond to CMS’ Request for Information on Physician Payment Reforms
On September 28, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued a request for information ("RFI") seeking comments on two key components of the physician payment reform provisions…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Seeks Input on MACRA Physician Payment Reform Implementation
On October 1, 2015, CMS published a request for information (RFI) regarding implementation of Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) provisions that mandate significant reforms of the…
Health Law Update
Five Things to Know About the Medicare SGR Fix
By Robert M. Wolin, Susan Feigin Harris, Kathleen P. Rubinstein
H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), was signed into law by President Obama on April 16, 2015. A broad bipartisan compromise measure, MACRA repeals the much-maligned…
Triage Health Law
Capital Thinking: Health Care Legislative Update
Legislative Activity Last Thursday, President Obama signed H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, into law. Also known as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) package or the “permanent…
Life Sciences Legal Update
MACRA Signed into Law by President; Reforms Medicare Payment Policy for Physician Services
By Lisa Baird
On April 16, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The bill permanently transforms the structure of Medicare physician reimbursement…
Health Industry Washington Watch
President Obama Signs MACRA: Permanently Reforms Medicare Physician Reimbursement Framework, Includes Other Health Policy Provisions
By Debra A. McCurdy, Elizabeth B. Carder-Thompson, Daniel A. Cody, Gail L. Daubert, Thomas W. Greeson, Paul W. Pitts, Trey Andrews, Catherine A. Hurley, Rahul Narula
Today President Obama signed into law H.R. 2, the "Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015" (MACRA), which reforms Medicare payment policy for physician services and adopts a series…