Federal Update From CMA (Sept. 30, 2016) SUMMARY MACRA Update Budget Update Medicare California GPCI Locality Reform Transition Plan Medicare 2017 Physician Fee Schedule Regulation Medicare Regulations Governing Meaningful Use, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and the Elimination of the Site of Service Payment Rate Differential Department of Education Medical Student Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program I. MACRA Update: Final Rule Due Before November 1, 2016 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are preparing to release the final rule to ... October 14, 2016 CMA, GPCI, MACRA GPCI, MACRA 0 0 Comment Read More »
House, Senate Leaders Introduce SGR Replacement Bill House, Senate Leaders Introduce SGR Replacement Bill Bipartisan, Bicameral Proposal Ends the Cycle of Annual ‘Doc Fix’ Crises, Shifting Medicare to Reward Quality, Efficiency, and Innovation February 6, 2014 By the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee WASHINGTON — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), and House Energy and ... February 7, 2014 GPCI, Medicare, SGR GPCI, Medicare, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update From CMA October 1, 2013 CMA leaders have been in Washington, DC, and in district offices meeting with members of Congress on the important issues facing medicine. Below are the highlights of the priority bills and regulations. 1. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Medicare and Medi-Cal will continue to operate but CDC, FDA, public health, and NIH are impacted. On October 1, as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went live and tens of thousands of Californians called the Covered California Health Insurance Exchange to purchase insurance, Congress’s failure to agree on a 2014 budget and the future of ... October 7, 2013 GPCI, Medicare, SGR GPCI, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare SGR and GPCI Bill Clears Committee Medicare Locality Reform ("The California GPCI Fix") Clears House Congressional Committee As Part of the Medicare SGR Overhaul Legislation On July 31, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted unanimously to approve a BIPARTISAN Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) overhaul legislation, HR 2810. Included in the bill is the CMA-sponsored California Medicare locality reform known as the “California GPCI Fix.” The California locality provision is a compromise between Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Democrat Henry Waxman (D-CA) who insisted the California update be part of the committee bill. ... July 31, 2013 GPCI, Medicare, SGR GPCI, Medicare, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »