Supporting appropriate coding and reimbursement, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) recently submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. This schedule updates payment policies, payment rates, and other provisions for services under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on or after January 1, 2017. CMS estimates that the net effect of these changes will be a 1% fee increase for cardiologists in 2017.

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and other representatives of the Venous Care Partnership submitted comments on August 3, 2016 to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on the recent AHRQ Technology Assessment, “Treatment Strategies for Patients with Lower Extremity Chronic Venous Disease (LECVD).”

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are set to issue a proposal to create new bundled payment models for beneficiaries who have a heart attack or undergo bypass surgery. The proposal is expected to be unveiled shortly.

The Proposed 2017 Physician's Fee Schedule was recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This schedule updates payment policies, payment rates, and other provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after January 1, 2017.

Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its National Coverage Determination (NCD) for percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) therapy, adopting several of the recommended changes that the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and other societies made on the draft in a public comment letter in December.