CMS has proposed new rules intended to improve access to health information and “streamline” processes that are involved with prior authorization, according to a press release from the agency.
“CMS is committed to strengthening access to quality care and making it easier for clinicians to provide that care,” Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, an administrator at CMS, said in the release. Read more in Healio.
CMS has released a proposed rule for the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule with some mix results for nephrologists, according to the Renal Physician Association.
“ … As usual, the news is mixed to positive for nephrology,” Robert Blaser, director of public policy for the RPA, wrote in an analysis for the association. “While the fee schedule conversion factor is projected for an approximate (and expected) 4.4% reduction, valuation for virtually all dialysis services (inpatient and outpatient, adult and pediatric, home and in-center, monthly and daily) either held steady or ticked up slightly,” he wrote.
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