Patients Over Paperwork – Updated 2019 Medicare PFS Proposed Rule Presentation; Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Understanding 3 Key Topics Listening Session – August 22

• Patients Over Paperwork – Updated 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule Presentation
• Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Understanding 3 Key Topics Listening Session – August 22

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Patients Over Paperwork – Updated 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule Presentation

The Patients Over Paperwork web page is your resource for learning more about how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is putting patients first by reviewing and streamlining our regulations. CMS has recently updated the page to include a new 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule presentation.

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Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Understanding 3 Key Topics Listening Session – August 22

Wednesday, August 22 from 1:30 to 3 pm

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Proposed changes to the CY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule would increase the amount of time doctors and other clinicians spend with their patients by reducing the burden of Medicare paperwork.  During this listening session, CMS experts will briefly cover three provisions from the proposed rule and address your clarifying questions to help you formulate your written comments for formal submission:

• Streamlining Evaluation and Management (E/M) payment and reducing clinician burden
• Advancing virtual care
• Continuing to improve the Quality Payment Program to reduce clinician burden, focus on outcomes, and promote interoperability

We encourage you to review the proposed rule prior to the call, as well as the following materials on the provisions to be covered:

• Quality Payment Program Year 3 (2019) Webinar Recording, Transcript, Presentation, and Comparison Fact Sheet
• Slide presentation on E/M and Advancing Virtual Care
• E/M Coding Reform videos:  Introduction, Office Visits and Panel Discussion

Note: Feedback received during this listening session will not be considered formal comments on the rule. See the proposed rule for information on submitting these comments by September 10, 2018.

Target Audience: Medicare Part B fee-for-service clinicians; office managers and administrators; state and national associations that represent healthcare providers; and other stakeholders.