CMS November 1, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is expanding access to behavioral health care, cancer screening coverage, and dental care. The Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule announced today also promotes innovation and coordinated care in the Medicare program through Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). This rule directly supports President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Goal to cut the death rate from cancer by at least 50% and also supports the Administration’s commitment of strengthening behavioral health, which the President outlined in his first State of the Union Address and the comprehensive strategy to tackle the nation’s mental health crisis, which HHS leaders have furthered through the National...