Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Very Brief Blog: CMS Publishes Transmittals for PFS CY2022 Final Rule

 CMS published its physician fee schedule and hospital outpatient annual rules back around November 1, effective CY2022.   CMS has published transmittals implementing new instructions to its MACs.   Occasionally, these transmittals include some newly written prose communicating CMS staff "thinking" or "rationale" (this was true last year), but I don't see any unexpected new insights from the current implementation instructions.

CR12519, November 16, 2021

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/r11115cp.pdf

Parallel Medline Matters here, MM12519

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/mm12519-summary-policies-calendar-year-cy-2022-medicare-physician-fee-schedule-mpfs-final-rule.pdf

Topics include continuing tweaks to the nuances of colorectal screening copay policy, for example.