Certain combinations of medications have been shown to be effective smoking-cessation treatments
For purposes of this paragraph (b)(2)(v)(B), significant changes or errors are changes or errors external to the care provided, and that CMS determines may lead to misleading or inaccurate results that negatively impact the measure's ability to reliably assess performance
In those cases, different ICD-10 codes are used
If the ACO received prepaid shared savings in the current agreement period or a prior agreement period, the ACO must have fully repaid the amount of prepaid shared savings received through the most recent performance year for which CMS has completed financial reconciliation
(2) The four applicable calendar quarters in calendar year 2024 will be consolidated into a single report and manufacturers will receive a single Preliminary Rebate Report followed by a single Rebate Report
Furthermore, as we explained in the CY 2010 PFS final rule with comment period (74 FR 61751), because of the magnitude of payment reductions for some specialties resulting from the use of the PPIS data, we transitioned its use over a 4-year period from the previous PE RVUs to the PE RVUs developed using the new PPIS data