CMS Releases Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS Proposed Rules for 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule introducing new quality measures and proposing payment and other policy changes under the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule and other Medicare Part B payment programs, including the Quality Payment Program and the Medicare Shared Savings Program. For a summary of the proposed changes, click here.
CMS has also issued a proposed rule to update Medicare payment policies and rates under the 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgery Center Payment System.
OIG Updates Its Work Plan
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) updated its public-facing Work Plan. Among other things, OIG plans to audit Medicare payments made to acute care hospitals and ramp up its overpayment recovery efforts.
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