Healthcare Associations

Providers and payers unite in blasting ‘hastily constructed’ CMS final rule to simplify prior authorization

The Medical Group Management Association called the legislation a "failure" for excluding fee-for-service Medicare and most commercial plans. 

Hospital price transparency closing in

Is your organization ready to meet the new federal requirements on hospital price transparency? The policy is set to go live on New Year’s Day. 

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Radiology providers see improvement, but continued concern in ‘No Surprises’ medical billing proposal

Lawmakers are pushing to include the measure in an end-of-year legislative package, but practice leaders are worried they're moving too fast. 

AHA, AMA, ANA to healthcare workers: ‘We urge you to get the COVID-19 vaccine’

Three of the most influential associations in U.S. healthcare are joining voices to press all healthcare workers: Please get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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CMS moves to ease burden, burnout stemming from onerous prior authorization policies

Practice leaders criticized the proposal for failing to include Medicare Advantage plans. 

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CMS drops final 2021 Physician Fee Schedule that includes ‘deeply troubling’ cuts to radiologists’ pay

Imaging advocates recently intensified their push for congressional action to counteract the payment punch.

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CMS overhauls physician self-referral regs, while doc groups say Stark Law still ‘beyond comprehension’

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently issued what it called a "historic" update in a bid to "unleash innovation" in medicine. 

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Physicians push Congress to delay imaging Appropriate Use Criteria Program indefinitely

Dozens of medical societies signed the request, addressed to the leaders of three key congressional committees.