Texas Medicine Today - March 2024

 March 29, 2024

TMA Holiday

March 28, 2024

• Aetna Set to Pay Medicare Advantage G2211 Claims

March 27, 2024

• TMA Weighs in on Trauma, Emergency System Rules Update
• MedPAC Backs Medicare Physician Payment Increase – Again
• Physicians May Face Lower Payment as CMS Resumes Lab Data Collection

March 26, 2024

• CMS to Debut Primary Care Payment Model
• Medicare Offers Options Amid Shift to Value-Based Care   

March 25, 2024

• Medicare Advantage – and Disadvantage: Program Enrollment Grows Amid Physician Concerns

March 22, 2024

• TDI Proposed Rules for State Network Adequacy Law Raise Strong Concerns
• HHS Removes Home Address Telemedicine Requirement After TMA’s Urging
• Medicare to Debut “Stay of Enrollment” Status for Physicians, Others
• Cyberattack Prompts CMS to Extend MIPS Flexibilities

March 21, 2024

• TMA Launches Public Health Podcast Series
• Scholarship Open for Students Committed to the Medically Underserved

March 20, 2024

• Cyberattack Prompts CMS to Extend MIPS Flexibilities
• TDI Proposed Rules for State Network Adequacy Law Raise Strong Concerns
• Closing the Gap: New Texas Network Adequacy Law Tackles Waivers

March 19, 2024

• HHS Removes Home Address Telemedicine Requirement After TMA’s Urging
• Medicare to Debut “Stay of Enrollment” Status for Physicians, Others
• Medicare Sunsets Beleaguered Appropriate Use Criteria Program
• Party With a Purpose at TMA Foundation Gala

March 18, 2024

• Physicians May Face Lower Payment as CMS Resumes Lab Data Collection
• Physicians Benevolent Fund Bolstered by TMAIT Gift

March 15, 2024

• Medicare Sunsets Beleaguered Appropriate Use Criteria Program
• CMS Announces Claims Flexibilities Following Cyberattack
• Congress Mitigates 2024 Medicare Physician Pay Cut
• Update: TMB Continues to Clarify New Fingerprinting Requirement

March 14, 2024

• Medicine Lauds Feds’ Response to Cyberattack, But Further Measures Needed
• Update: TMB Continues to Clarify New Fingerprinting Requirement 
• 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Stabilizes MIPS
• Extension: Submit 2023 MIPS Data by April 15 to Avoid Medicare Pay Cut

March 13, 2024

• Congress Mitigates 2024 Medicare Physician Pay Cut
• TMA Strategic Plan Aims to Cultivate Leaders
• Party With a Purpose at TMA Foundation Gala

March 12, 2024

• Medicare Advantage – and Disadvantage: Program Enrollment Grows Amid Physician Concerns
• Medicare Clinician Profiles Now Include Procedure Volume Data

March 11, 2024

• CMS Announces Claims Flexibilities Following Cyberattack
• Medicare Sunsets Beleaguered Appropriate Use Criteria Program
• CMS Lifts Ban on Texting Patient Care Orders

March 8, 2024

• TMA Develops New AI Education
• TMA Alliance Helps Launch New Chapter for Spouses Without Local Organization
• Cyberattack Disrupts Payment and Revenue Cycle Management

March 7, 2024

• Coding Changes in Fee Schedule Promote More Accurate Payment for Complex Visits
• Feds Capitulate to Some of TMA’s NSA Regulatory Challenges Amid Appeal

March 6, 2024

• Telemedicine Flexibilities Preserved in Medicare Fee Schedule
• Novitas Makes Mass Payment Adjustment for Telehealth Claims
• New Federal IDR Data Highlight Importance of Ongoing TMA Advocacy

March 5, 2024

• UPDATE: Cyberattack Disrupts Payment and Revenue Cycle Management
• Fix Medicare Now: 2024 Fee Schedule Solidifies Cut, Heightens Calls for Reform
• Senate Moves Toward Medicare Pay Fix
• TMA Develops New AI Education

March 4, 2024

• TMA Alliance Helps Launch New Chapter for Spouses Without Local Organization
• Extensions to End for Dispute Resolution Process Under No Surprises Act

March 1, 2024

• May Owen, MD, Outreach Program Funds Women Physician Programs, Activities
• CMS Lifts Ban on Texting Patient Care Orders
• New 24/7 Hotline to Assist in Treatment for Infected Newborns
• Novitas Makes Mass Payment Adjustment for Telehealth Claims

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