Health IT Analytics November 9, 2023
CMS reduced Medicare physicians’ pay by 1.25 percent and AHA is taking HHS to court over a bulletin limiting hospitals’ use of tracking technologies.
In its calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), CMS announced it will slash Medicare payments by 1.25 percent. Primary care and direct patient care providers received an increase in pay while other specialties will take a decrease to maintain budget neutrality.
The American Hospitals Association (AHA) took legal action after a December 2022 bulletin from the Department of Health and Human Services’s Office for Civil Rights restricted HIPAA-regulated entities from using tracking technologies when patient health information is implicated. AHA claims that HHS has overstepped its authority and failed to consult providers about...
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