American College of Cardiology

Heart of Health Policy | Cuts Continue: CMS Releases Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on July 10. Of note, the PFS conversion factor has been updated from $33.2875 to ...
Managed Healthcare Executive

Use of, and Medicare Expenditure on, Sutureless Amniotic Membrane Grafts Soared — and Maybe Not for a Good Reason

Researchers say ophthalmologists and optometrists were motivated, at least in part, to use the sutureless grafts for dry eye disease by the profit margin they make on devices.
American College of Cardiology

Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Deep Dive

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on July 10, addressing Medicare payment and quality provisions for physicians in ...
Healthcare Dive

How to reform Medicare’s physician fee schedule to reprioritize primary care

Primary care physicians are often called the quarterbacks of healthcare because they coordinate and direct patients’ journeys through the medical system. On a typical NFL team, the quarterback is the ...
Healthcare Dive

Doctors slam specialty cuts in 2026 Medicare pay proposal

Doctors — especially specialists — are pushing back against proposed changes to Medicare payment that would tamp down on reimbursement next year. Medicare’s proposed physician fee schedule for 2026 ...
Cleveland.com

New fee schedule will cause your Ohio vehicle costs to climb

COLUMBUS, Ohio—The cost of titling and registering a vehicle in Ohio, as well as fees for most other Bureau of Motor Vehicles transactions, is about to go up. Starting next January, the Ohio BMV’s $5 ...
KTLA

2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rates Set for Scalp Cooling CPT Codes

SAN DIEGO, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooler Heads, a health tech company dedicated to making scalp cooling more accessible and affordable for people undergoing chemotherapy, celebrates a major ...
Business Wire

Elucid Applauds CMS Inclusion of Coronary CTA with Plaque Analysis in 2026 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elucid, an AI medical technology company focused on providing physicians with a more precise view of atherosclerosis to drive patient-specific therapeutic decisions, today ...
Fierce Healthcare

CMS proposes 3.6% pay bump for docs, takes aim at chronic conditions in physician fee schedule

The Trump administration is proposing a pay bump for physicians in 2026, alongside new reforms that align with the agency's Make America Healthy Again positioning. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
Health Affairs

Modernizing The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 2: Medicare Economic Index Updates

This is part two of a three-part article on policy issues in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The topics covered include: the role a technical expert panel could play in modernizing the fee ...
Health Affairs

Modernizing The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Part 1: The Role Of A Technical Expert Panel

This is part one of a three-part article on policy issues in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The topics covered include: the role a technical expert panel could play in modernizing the fee ...