Physician Payment

Medicare Physician Payment

• ACC Overview of the 2013 Medicare Physician Schedule Final Rule (11/12)  

  Joint Letter Opposing Proposal to Close the In-Office Ancillary Services Exception (10/12)

  Joint Letter to Congress on Transitioning from the SGR to a New System (10/12)

  ACC Signs-On to Joint Letter Addressing Sequestration Provision and SGR Cuts (9/12)

  ACC Submits Comments on 2013 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule (9/12)

  ACC Comments on Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (8/12)

  CMS Releases Proposed 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (7/12)

  ACC Testifies Before House Committee on the Future of Small and Solo Practices (7/12)

  ACC Testifies on Medicare Physician Payment Perspectives (7/12)

  ACC Comments on Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems Proposed Rule (6/12)

  ACC Comments on Medicaid Primary Care Physician Payment Proposed Rule (6/12)

  ACC Letter to Reps. Schwartz and Heck Commending Their Physician Payment Legislation (5/12)

  ACC Letter to Ways and Means Committee on Payment Reform (5/12)

  SGR Sign On Letter (1/12)

  Congress Approves Temporary SGR Patch (12/11)

  CMS Releases Final HOPPS Rule (11/11)

  CMS Releases Final 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (11/11)

  ACC Comments on HOPPS Proposed Rule (8/11)

  ACC Comments on Proposed 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule  (8/11)

  ACC Comments on Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Measurement (8/11)

  ACC Comments on Five Year Review of Work RVUs Under Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (7/11)

  CMS Releases Proposed 2012 Physician Fee Schedule (7/11)

  ACC Comments on 2012 Hospital Inpatient Rule (6/11)

  Payment Reform: Current and Emerging Reimbursement Models (7/11)

  ACC Comments on ACO Advanced Payment (6/11)

  Accountable Care Organization Proposed Rule and Impact on Cardiology (4/11)

  Joint Letter to Congress Regarding the RUC (4/11)

  ACC Comments on Hospital Value Based Purchasing (3/11)

  ACC Comments on Adult Medicaid Measures (3/11)

  2011 National Payment Rates for Common Cardiovascular Services (1/11)

  ACC Campaign for Patient Access   (2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule)

  Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Issue Brief

Coding and Billing

• Coding and Billing Practice Resources

  Medicare Enrollment Changes

  Ordering and Referring Policy Update

Health IT

• ACC Federal EHR and E-Prescribing Program Tools and Resources 

Physician Quality Reporting System

• PQRS: What You Need to Know for 2012

  PQRIwizard 

  PINNACLE Registry

  Health Reform Law and PQRI