federal affairs

AMA Update 368: Medicare pay cuts coming in 2024 with Jennifer Hananoki, JD

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is trying to cut physician Medicare payment yet again. Jennifer Hananoki, JD, assistant director on the AMA Federal Affairs team, joins to address the proposed 2024 Medicare physician pay schedule. She breaks down the 3.36% cut to physician reimbursement, plus what the MIPS scores for 2022 and Oct. 9 deadline to file an appeal mean for physicians. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🚨 MIPS targeted review deadline is OCT. 9, 2023

🔍 Determine your MIPS eligibility using CMS QPP Participation Status lookup: https://qpp.cms.gov/participation-lookup

❓ Wondering what is the CMS MIPS program? Learn everything you need to know about MACRA, CHIP, Alternative payment models (APMs) and more, here: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/medicare-medicaid/amas-medicare-basics-series

🗣 Get involved! Tell Congress to fix Medicare now: https://fixmedicarenow.org/

🗞️ Access the latest Medicare news and AMA resources for doctors: https://moving-medicine.ama-assn.org/medicare-reform

🥼 Learn more about the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_RecoveryPlan

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AMA Update 116: Laura Hoffman, JD, on prioritizing and protecting your patients’ vaccination data

During #DataPrivacyWeek, AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Laura Hoffman, JD, the AMA’s assistant director of federal affairs, about the importance of establishing guardrails for digital vaccination data and how physicians can address data privacy concerns with patients.

Access the AMA’s case for privacy by design in app development resource here: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/privacy-principles-by-design.pdf

To learn more about AMA’s health data privacy framework and advocacy work on the issue, visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/patient-support-advocacy/ama-health-data-privacy-framework

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