HealthIT Answers October 28, 2021
By Devin Partida, Editor-in-Chief, ReHack.com
Health care payments have undergone a tumultuous period in the past two years. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has adjusted multiple policies and implemented several new ones.
These changes that seek to improve patient care and accessibility have considerable impacts on health care professionals. Medical organizations must stay up to date on these developments to inform their finances in the coming months and years.
Here are four of the most notable changes to CMS payment processing this year.
1. Quality Payment Program Changes
CMS released several proposed changes in July in the interest of making health care more equitable. One of the most significant of these is a...