Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Understanding 3 Key Topics Listening Session; Register for the August 13 Proposed Rule for the QPP 2020 Performance Period Webinar

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

Monday, August 12 from 1-2:30 pm ET

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Proposed changes to the CY 2020 Physician Fee Schedule are aimed at reducing burden, recognizing clinicians for the time they spend taking care of patients, removing unnecessary measures, and making it easier for clinicians to be on the path towards value-based care. During this listening session, CMS experts briefly cover three provisions from the proposed rule and address your clarifying questions to help you formulate your written comments for formal submission:

• Increasing value of Evaluation and Management (E/M) payments
• Continuing to improve the Quality Payment Program by streamlining the program’s requirement’s in order to reduce clinician burden
• Creating the new Opioid Treatment Program benefit in response to the opioid epidemic

We encourage you to review the following materials prior to the call:

• Proposed rule
• Press release
• Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule fact sheet
• Quality Payment Program proposed rule fact sheet

Note: feedback received during this listening session is not a substitute for your formal comments on the rule. See the proposed rule for information on submitting these comments by September 27.

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

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Register for the August 13 Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program 2020 Performance Period Webinar

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, August 13 at 2:00 p.m. ET to provide information about the proposed rule for the 2020 Performance Period (also called Year 4) of the Quality Payment Program.

During the webinar, CMS subject matter experts will:

• Provide an overview of the Quality Payment Program, Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (Advanced APMs)
• Discuss 2020 MIPS and Advanced APM proposed policy changes
• Highlight key differences between Year 3 and Year 4 requirements
• Discuss the Request for Information (RFI) for MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), a new potential framework for MIPS starting in 2021
• Review ways to connect to the no-cost technical assistance and identify additional resources where attendees can learn more.

Webinar Details

Title: Overview of the Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program 2020 Performance Period

Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Time: 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET

Registration Link:  https://engage.vevent.com/rt/cms/index.jsp?seid=1607

The audio portion of this webinar will be broadcast through the web. You can listen to the presentation through your computer speakers. CMS will open the phone line for the Q&A portion. If you cannot hear audio through your computer speakers, please contact CMSQualityTeam@ketchum.com.