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

On December 9, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS's) Calendar Year 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (the Final Rule) was published in the Federal Register. The Final Rule ...

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 ...

Primary care physicians are often called the quarterbacks of healthcare because they coordinate and direct patients’ journeys through the medical system. On a typical NFL team, the quarterback is the ...

Next year’s Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes a 2.5% increase in physician pay, promising a “slight” bump in earnings for most U.S. optometrists, according to a press release from the American ...

CMS should no longer separate management of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Alternative Payment Models, according to a policy brief published in Health Affairs. While APMs are aimed at ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday finalized its annual physician fee schedule for 2026, giving doctors treating Medicare patients a 3.77% pay bump if participating in ...

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 ...

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 ...