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11.09.22
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CMS Releases Final Physician Fee Schedule Updates
MHD Launches Member Forum
HIDI Releases Medicare DRG Discharge And Charge Trends Summary
Staff Contact: Andrew Wheeler
CMS recently released payment and policy updates for the CY 2023 Medicare physician fee schedule. The updates include a decrease to the PFS conversion factor from $33.61 in CY 2022 to $33.06 in CY 2023 and revisions to the quality payment program. It also now allows professional counselors and marriage and family therapists to offer services under general rather than direct physician supervision. MHA published an issue brief with additional information.
Staff Contact: Brian Kinkade or Sarah Willson
MHD launched a MO HealthNet Member Forum for participants to share their opinions and speak to MHD team members about the services and care they receive through either MO HealthNet or one of the Managed Care health plans. Additional details, including how to participate, are available.
Staff Contact: Shane VanOverschelde
For many years, HIDI has produced an annual report that provides several key measures associated with inpatient short stays, as included in the CMS MedPAR Final Rule file limited data set. An additional executive summary has been prepared that quantifies volume, charge and reimbursement metrics observable from 2015 to 2020.
Hospitals interested in the granular detail available in the DRG report, “HIDI’s Average Hospital Charges for Medicare Patients,” should contact HIDI.
READ: Gallagher published an in-depth report highlighting key findings and implications from 698 health care organizations that participated in Gallagher’s 2022 Benefits Strategy & Benchmarking Survey.
