ACP Comments on Proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Rule

ACP comments to CMS regarding the Proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule to support and improve the practice of internal medicine.

Brian Outland

Medicare, Evaluation and Management, E/M, Documentation, budget neutrality, GPC1X, visit complexity, prolonged services, primary care, payment, coronavirus, public health emergency, PHE, pandemic, Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services, CMS, care management, COVID-19, immunization, opioid use disorder, OUD, MIPS, MVP, APMs, APP, performance measures, value-based, cost, quality payment program, QPP, fee schedule, MPFS, MDPP, MSSP, interoperability, health IT, telehealth, geographic restrictions, originating site restrictions, underserved urban areas, rural communities, access to care, cost-sharing, waiver, telehealth reimbursement, telephone E/M, audio-only visits, flexibility, pay parity, medical decision-making, MDM, billing guidelines, equity, digital divide, Direct supervision, Remote Physiologic Monitoring, RPM, Electronic prescribing, controlled substances, CEHRT, certified electronic health record technology, ONC, Health IT Certification Program, HIE, HIE Bi-Directional Exchange; HIE alternative measure, PDMP, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

Fri, 10/02/2020 - 2:27 PM EDT

Fri, 10/02/2020 - 2:30 PM EDT

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