Months of high-level discussions regarding reforming Medicare physician payment has culminated in physician lawmakers introducing bipartisan legislation advancing the first leg of the AMA’s three-part strategy for fixing the broken system.

The April 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Update has been released and is effective April 1, 2023, and implemented on April 3, 2023. This document is also identified as CR 13136. There are new codes, reimbursement updates, and changes to status indicators...

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) commended CMS for its proposed prior authorization policies but asked the agency to expand its guidance to other utilization management tools and shorten the prior authorization decision timeline.

“Chuck, I’m Sydney, and I’m in love with you. I just want to love you and be loved by you.” This was part of a dramatic exchange last week between a New York Times reporter and an AI chatbot. Now, today, I’d like to examine further the muddled world of AI in healthcare...

Outpatient visits are being billed at higher levels, leading to increased healthcare spending and concerns about upcoding, a Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker found. Healthcare providers can bill outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) claims at five different levels...

Following a recent US District Court ruling on the federal government’s arbitration process for disputed medical billing—making the protocol for issuing decisions on disputed claims unclear—CMS posted some clarifying guidance on processing payment determinations to providers...