Background Medicare beneficiaries' care is becoming more fragmented as they are increasingly seeing (1) more specialists and (2) specialists more often, while the number of visits with their primary care clinician remains relatively constant
A panel drug test may include a mouth swab component as part of a broader screening for multiple substances at once
We note that CMS covers and pays for Part B vaccines, which are also considered preventive services under sections 1861(ddd)(3) and 1861(ww)(2)(A) of the Act, but they have unique payment rates specified in statute at section 1842(o)(1)(A)(iv) of the Act (for more information, see above at section III.H.1.a
To determine the performance threshold for the CY 2025 performance period/2027 MIPS payment year, we are proposing that we will use the mean of the final scores from the CY 2017 performance period/2019 MIPS payment year
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