We hope you were able to join us for last month's Fast Break on the Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. If not, you missed a great session featuring Eric Knickrehm discussing the important changes the proposed rule would have on Medicare Part B. 

Eric provided an overview of the most important aspects of the proposed rule, which was published on August 4, 2019. A number of these changes highlight CMS's increasing emphasis on preventive and low acuity care. For instance, CMS has continued to incentivize Transitional Care Management services and Chronic Care Management services to ensure that patients who were either recently hospitalized or are very likely to be hospitalized have effective care management to avoid further hospitalization.

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We address more than a dozen key proposals from the CMS outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center payment systems proposed rule in a recent LawFlash. Chief among them is the agency’s bold new proposal for a broad price transparency program. Other notable proposals include continuing payment reductions for 340B drugs and grandfathered off-campus provider-based departments, both the subject of pending litigation in federal court. CMS is soliciting public input on a multitude of proposals from this rule, and comments are due September 27, 2019. Hospitals will want to carefully assess these changes and consider submitting comments before these proposals become final rules.

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