by HCMA | Jan 30, 2023 | Mednotes
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS has extended the deadline to file a 2022 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) hardship extension until MARCH 3, 2023. The original deadline was January 3, 2023. If physicians feel they have been...
by HCMA | Jan 5, 2023 | Mednotes
During the period of the Public Health Emergency, the Connecticut Commissioner of Public Health suspended the requirement for medical and other licenses to be renewed. On November 2, 2022, the Commissioner of Public Health, Manisha Juthani, MD, issued an order...
by HCMA | Dec 12, 2022 | Mednotes
Physicians are facing devastating Medicare payment cuts from regulatory changes enacted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Congress has only a small time left to pass legislation to stave off these harmful cuts. Read More
by HCMA | Sep 13, 2022 | Mednotes
Physicians complete an average of 41 prior authorizations per week. This amounts to approximately 13 hours each week that physicians spend on administrative work instead of treating patients. If an insurer covers a treatment, physicians should not have to waste time...
by HCMA | Jul 27, 2022 | Mednotes
Public Health Emergency Extended To October 13, 2022 The U.S. Public Health Emergency (PHE) has been extended through October 13, 2022. CDC data shows that more than half of the country’s population lives in a county with a high COVID–19 Community Level, where...
by HCMA | Jun 30, 2022 | Mednotes
There are several physicians running for public office in 2022 at both thefederal and state levels. Read More