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Top 5 things therapists should know about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule for 2025
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) is the system through which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...
JD Supra1d
Medicare Decreases Physician Fee Schedule by 2.93%
The final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule was issued on November 1 st for calendar year 2025. Attached is a link to both the Press Release describing all of the Medicare changes and the link to the ...
Fierce Healthcare8d
CMS puts forward meager offering for digital health in final Medicare physician fee schedule rule
Days before the 2024 presidential election, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an unpublished ...
Fierce Healthcare11d
Doctors, facing another pay cut in 2025, call for permanent Medicare payment reform
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with a 2.9% cut to physician payments in 2025 despite ...
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CMS Extends Remote Direct Supervision Flexibilities in CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year 2025 final rule for services reimbursed under ...
Out-of-pocket costs found to be substantially lower in Medicare Advantage than traditional Medicare
There's a key but little-examined factor that likely helps explain Medicare Advantage's enrollment surge in recent years: ...
2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Includes Two Major Wins for Therapy Providers
Reducing administrative burdens, ensuring patient access in rural and underserved areas, and providing flexibilities for a challenged therapy workforce have long been policy priorities for the ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News8h
MA plans shed sickest patients in their final year of life, shifting costs back to government
The Wall Street Journal has found that private Medicare Advantage plans often shed their sickest patients in the final year of life.
Saving Medicare Advantage from Itself
From 2013 to 2023, total enrollment grew 27 percent, resulting in 65 million total beneficiaries and a total expenditure of ...
Morningstar12d
2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Includes Two Major Wins for Therapy Providers
These two policy changes in the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule are critical to supporting physical therapists and physical therapist assistants." The 2025 rule also finalized a reduction to ...
Modern Healthcare1d
New physical, occupational therapy rule may ease hospital burden
Allowing physical and occupational therapists to treat Medicare patients with less supervision could free up resources for ...