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March 15, 2024
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July 18, 2025
Doctor pay rule signals new era for telemedicine, energizes alternative pay models
With the initial jolt of this administration’s first physician pay rule proposal wearing off, long-term care doctors are getting ready to enter a new era of oversight.
Policy Snapshot
May 10, 2024
2022 Performance Year Quality Payment Program Participation and Performance Data Available
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released participation and performance data for the 2022 performance year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), including both Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) participation.
Policy Snapshot
September 27, 2024
New Alternative Payment Model (APM) and APM Performance Pathway Resources Available from CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted new Quality Payment Program (QPP) resources about Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and the APM Performance Pathway (APP), a reporting and scoring pathway for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians who participa...
Policy Snapshot
May 4, 2026
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Reform MIPS Physician Payment
On April 30, 2026, Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD (R-IA) and Herb Conaway, MD (D-NJ) introduced the Medicare Physician Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026 (H.R. 8622), a bipartisan bill that would replace the existing Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) with a new framework calle...
Policy Snapshot
October 20, 2025
2026 MIPS Payment Adjustment Information Released by CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) payment adjustment information for the 2024 performance period/2026 MIPS payment year.
Policy Snapshot
October 6, 2023
New Alternative Payment Model (APM) and APM Performance Pathway (APP) Resources Available From CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted new and updated resources around Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and the APM Performance Pathway (APP), a reporting and scoring pathway for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians who participate in MIPS APMs. ...
Policy Snapshot
October 25, 2024
2023 MIPS Final Scores and 2025 MIPS Payment Adjustments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the mean and median final scores and payment adjustments for the 2023 performance year/2025 payment year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
Policy Snapshot
July 7, 2026
CMS Publishes Program Year 2025 Open Payments Data
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published Open Payments Program Year 2025 data, along with newly submitted and updated payment records for Program Years 2019–2024. The data is accessible on the Open Payments Search Tool.
Policy Snapshot
May 16, 2025
Senate Bill Introduced to Reverse Medicare Physician Payment Cuts
A new bill aimed at addressing ongoing concerns over Medicare physician payment cuts was introduced in the Senate on May 7. The Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 (S. 1640), sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS), seeks to temporarily reverse a 2.83% cut to Medicare physici...
