Summary of the American Rescue Plan
On March 10th, Congress passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP), which provides in new COVID-19 relief as...
CMS Expands MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy to Exempt Clinicians from Negative Payment Adjustments
On February 25th , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will exempt all MIPS-eligible...
Summary of HHS OCR Proposed Rule Updating the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Summary of HHS OCR Proposed Rule Updating the HIPAA Privacy Rule On December 10th, the Department of Health and...
HBMA No Surprises Act Letter to Congress
The Healthcare Business Management Association (HBMA) appreciates efforts by Congress to reach an agreement on...
Summary of 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
Summary of 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule On December 1st , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
HBMA Submits Comments to CMS on 2021 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
On October 5th , HBMA submitted extensive comments to CMS on the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule....
Summary of 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
On August 3rd, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...
2021 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
On August 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee...
HBMA Comparison of “Surprise” Billing Legislative Proposals
HBMA's Government Relations Committee released a new member-exclusive side-by-side analysis of leading bipartisan...
HBMA Expresses RCM Industry Comments to House-Senate Committees on "Surprise" Billing Compromise
On Sunday, December 8th , the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and...