Advocacy in Action

CMS recently added Quality Payment Program (QPP) information for performance year 2022 to its publicly available clinician and group profile pages on the Medicare.gov compare tool and in the Provider Data Catalog (PDC).

On June 28, 2024, CMS announced the opening of its 2023 MIPS Final Score Preview period, during which clinicians will have the opportunity to preview their 2023 MIPS final score prior to the release of payment adjustment information.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its June report as mandated by Congress.

The American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) has been a key stakeholder in maintaining and updating the relative value units (RVUs) of physician services and making recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that directly affect physician payment since the implementation of the resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) system in 1992.

CMS recently released its 2024 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable (EUC) Circumstances exception application.

CMS recently released national participation and performance data for the 2022 performance year of the QPP, including data related to MIPS and Alternative Payment Model (APM) participation

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means convened on May 8th to markup six bills aimed at expanding access to telehealth and improving health care in rural and underserved communities.

Senate Committee on Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released a white paper in May outlining policy options to reform the Medicare physician payment system, with a focus on improving care for patients with chronic illness.

The U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on May 23rd titled “The Collapse of Private Practice: Examining the Challenges Facing Independent Medicine.”

On April 10th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025, updating payments and policies for a variety of inpatient hospital programs and initiatives.