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Modernizing The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Creating A Separate Conversion Factor For Primary Care

In this piece, we explore reasons for creating a separate conversion factor within the MPFS, initially for advanced primary ...
Health Affairs

Are Changes To The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Driving Value In US Health Care?

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is a big deal. The fee schedule determines what services are covered for what price. When setting the fee schedule, policymakers seek to balance a number of goals ...
JD Supra

Update on CMS 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: Key Takeaways for Pharma

After issuing the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on October 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has now published templates ...
Healthcare Dive

Medicare finalizes controversial cut to specialty care next year

Medicare has locked in a controversial pay cut for specialty doctors next year, normalizing reimbursement between specialists and primary care doctors and curbing the influence of a powerful physician ...
Becker's ASC

New rules for next year: 4 takeaways from CMS’ 2026 Physician Fee Schedule

On October 31, 2025, CMS finalized its 2026 Physician Fee Schedule, outlining payment updates, telehealth changes, behavioral health expansions and adjustments affecting clinicians across care ...
Healio

Q&A: CMS’ proposed physician fee schedule and other Medicare updates for physicians

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CMS proposed increasing the conversion factor for qualifying and nonqualifying alternative payment models. The ...
HealthLeaders Media

Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Includes One-Time 2.5% Payment Increase

Healthcare groups including the American Medical Association say Medicare's payment policies for clinicians remain broken. The Physician Fee Schedule final rule released last week features a pair of ...
Fierce Healthcare

CMS proposes 3.6% pay bump for docs, takes aim at chronic conditions in physician fee schedule

The Trump administration is proposing a pay bump for physicians in 2026, alongside new reforms that align with the agency's Make America Healthy Again positioning. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
Business Wire

CWCI Analyzes the Impact of Inflation on the California Workers’ Comp Medical Fee Schedule

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) analysis that examines how medical inflation impacts allowable fees under the California workers’ compensation ...
Healio

Q&A: Cuts to 2025 physician fee schedule yield ‘catastrophic’ impacts to patient access

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Seemal R. Desai, MD, FAAD, president of the AAD, discusses the impact of the 2025 physician fee schedule. The ...
Fierce Healthcare

CMS finalizes increased pay rates for physicians in 2026, but hospital docs could lose out

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual physician pay rule for 2026 on Friday night, which increases physician reimbursement by 3.77% for qualifying providers in ...
AOL

What to know about Medicare in California

Californians have various Medicare coverage options, including Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare Part D. Medicare plans in California follow all federal guidelines for healthcare ...