Maverick Minute
07/16/24
HHS Finalizes Rule to Disincentivize Providers from Information Blocking
Clinicians and hospitals who engage in illegal ‘information blocking’ will be subject to penalties as HHS enforces its mandate to allow access to patient health records.
07/16/24
CY 2025 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule
CMS proposed its 2025 payment rates for physicians participating in Medicare, along with several new payment policies.
07/16/24
CMS to Recalculate All Medicare Advantage Plan Star Ratings
CMS announced that all Medicare Advantage plans will have their Star Ratings for 2024 recalculated after SCAN Health Plan and Elevance Health successfully argued in court that HHS’ methodologies was flawed.
07/15/24
HTI-2 Proposed Rule: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability
ONC released a proposal for its second HTI rule, including provisions for updated certification criteria that would support CMS’ prior authorization final rule.
07/2/24
CMS FAQs for New Hospital Price Transparency Requirements
CMS published FAQs ahead of the deadline for new hospital price transparency requirements designed to make price transparency data better.
07/2/24
CMS’ 2023 – 2032 National Health Expenditure Report
Healthcare spending growth in the U.S. is expected to grow due to the high insured rate, reaching 19.7% of the GDP by 2032.
06/27/24
Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (Reintroduced by Congress)
Congress reintroduced bipartisan legislation to streamline prior authorization processes in Medicare Advantage.
06/27/24
Avalon’s 2024 Lab Trend Report
Avalon Healthcare Solutions, a company that provides health plans with data and insights about lab testing, released its annual Lab Trend Report.
06/24/24
FDA Guiding Principles: Transparency for Machine Learning-Enabled Medical Devices
The FDA and other international partners expanded upon their guiding principles for good machine learning practice – releasing new principles for transparency in such devices.
06/17/24
The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) is evaluating digital health tools – outlining the benefits and costs savings of proprietary solutions -- and making its reports publicly available.