Medicare payment: CMS Reps Outline Impact of PPACA on 2011 Fee Schedule

Why This Topic Matters

The article helps readers understand Medicare policy updates that may affect practice operations, preventive service billing awareness, provider enrollment information, and participation in CMS data-collection efforts.

Article Sections

1. Proposed 2011 fee schedule and PPACA-related changes

   Discusses CMS’s proposed fee schedule for the upcoming year and the broader policy context affecting Medicare practices. The section highlights preventive service-related changes and the general timing of the rulemaking process.

2. CMS adds new PECOS files

   Covers CMS updates to online ordering and referring physician resources within PECOS. It also notes new file availability and related enrollment information for physicians and non-physician practitioners.

3. CMS seeking outpatient therapy study participants

   Describes a CMS effort to gather information from outpatient therapy providers for a study related to therapy policy alternatives. The section outlines the types of providers CMS is recruiting and the general data-collection approach.