The public comment period solicited feedback on the importance and feasibility of prioritizing kidney transplant management, prostate cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis, among other clinical areas, for measure development
We are adding a new paragraph (a)(5)(ii)(A) to 425.512 to indicate that an ACO will meet the alternative quality performance standard for performance year 2024 if the ACO reports quality data on the APP quality measure set established under 414.1367 according to the method of submission established by CMS and achieves a quality performance score equivalent to or higher than the 10th percentile of the performance benchmark on at least one of the four outcome measures in the APP quality measure set
The manual instructs MACs to determine payment limits for radiopharmaceuticals based on the methodology in place as of November 2003, before the passage of the MMA, in the case of radiopharmaceuticals furnished in settings other than the hospital outpatient department
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(3) Derivation of the Detailed Operating Cost Weights To further divide the All Other residual cost weight estimated from the 2022 Medicare cost report data into more detailed cost categories, we propose to use the 2017 Benchmark Input-Output (I-O) Use Tables/Before Redefinitions/Purchaser Value for NAICS 621100, Offices of Physicians, published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)