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CMS Proposes Expanded Role for Physician Assistants in Hospice CoP

	
	

	WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 13, 2019)—The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA 2018) included a provision permitting physician assistants (PAs), beginning Jan. 1, 2019, to serve as hospice attending...	


           
        	





  



  

    





	
	
4 Things to Know about CMS’s DMEPOS Proposed Rule
		
4 Things to Know about CMS’s DMEPOS Proposed Rule

	
		
Watch for streamlining of claims & new fee schedule determinations

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
CMS Proposed Rule Encourages Telehealth Innovation

	
	

	(December 4, 2018)—On October 26, 2018, CMS issued Contract Year (CY) 2020 Medicare Advantage and Part D Flexibility Proposed Rule CMS-4185-P. The rule updates Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare...