decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2004 Issue 5 (May)
Programs to Survey Practice Satisfaction
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Article Overview
This piece discusses CMS efforts to bring agency staff into physician offices and other care settings to observe how practices operate and gather feedback on the practical effects of federal oversight. It also notes a related Medicare payment update discussed at PPAC involving how MMA-related program costs are handled in physician fee schedule calculations. The article is relevant to physicians, practice managers, coders, compliance staff, and others tracking CMS policy, practice operations, and Medicare payment administration.
Why This Topic Matters
It highlights CMS outreach and operational review efforts that may affect day-to-day practice administration, as well as a Medicare payment policy issue tied to physician fee schedule updates and federal budget treatment.
What You Will Learn
- What the CMS field-visit program is intended to examine at the practice level.
- How the article frames CMS outreach to physician offices and other facilities.
- What Medicare payment issue was discussed in connection with the MMA and physician fee schedule updates.
- Which stakeholders were discussing these CMS and Medicare issues.
Who Should Read This
- Physicians
- Practice managers
- Medical coders
- Compliance staff
- Revenue cycle professionals
- Health policy readers
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