Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Understanding 3 Key Topics
Listening Session –
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 from 1:30 to 3 pm
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Proposed changes to the CY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule would increase the amount of time doctors and other clinicians spend with their patients by reducing the burden of Medicare paperwork. During this listening session, CMS experts will briefly cover three provisions from the proposed rule and address your clarifying questions to help you formulate your written comments for formal submission:
Streamlining Evaluation and Management (E/M) payment and reducing clinician burden
Advancing virtual care
Continuing to improve the Quality Payment Program to reduce clinician burden, focus on outcomes, and promote interoperability
We encourage you to review the proposed rule prior to the call, as well as the following materials on the provisions to be covered:
Quality Payment Program Year 3 (2019) Webinar Recording – External Link Policy – Opens in a new window, Transcript, Presentation, and Comparison Fact Sheet
Slide presentation on E/M and Advancing Virtual Care
E/M Coding Reform videos: Introduction – External Link Policy – Opens in a new window, Office Visits – External Link Policy – Opens in a new window and Panel Discussion – External Link Policy – Opens in a new window
Note: feedback received during this listening session will not be considered formal comments on the rule. See the proposed rule for information on submitting these comments by September 10, 2018.
Target Audience: Medicare Part B fee-for-service clinicians; office managers and administrators; state and national associations that represent healthcare providers; and other stakeholders.
https://saludequitativa.blogspot.com/2018/08/physician-fee-schedule-proposed-rule.html
Registration link: https://blh.ier.intercall.com/details/fa743acaba954dbfad92a00f10c92132
