Opinion
From the Washington Office: Upcoming Leadership and Advocacy Summit
The American College of Surgeons Leadership and Advocacy Summit is happening in Washington DC.
News
From the Washington Office: Gratifying success for ACS legislative advocacy efforts
The ACS was successful in its efforts to get the Senate to consider a much-improved version of the Continuing Resolution.
Opinion
From the Washington Office: MIPS 2018 … Determining your status, making your plan
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that approximately 40% percent of eligible clinicians will be required to submit data under MIPS...
Opinion
From the Washington Office: Year Two of MIPS …The song remains the same (largely)
For 2018, we still expect that the majority of surgeons eligible to participate in the QPP will do so via the MIPS pathway.
News
From the Washington Office: Taking action
Three “must pass” bills are moving through the legislative process on Capitol Hill that are of interest to surgeons.
Opinion
From the Washington Office: Lessons learned from a faithful reader – A tribute to Daniel M. Caruso, MD, FACS
Dr. Daniel M. Caruso had an unsurpassed passion for training the next generation of surgeons, paying it forward into the future as he went.
Opinion
From the Washington Office: Receiving an increase in Medicare payment and avoiding a penalty
It is so easy to avoid a penalty that no surgeon should be resigned to accepting a penalty without having a look at the minimal reporting...
Opinion
From the Washington Office: The Mission Zero Act
Surgeons are well familiar with the statistic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identifying trauma as the leading cause of...
Opinion
From the Washington Office: Ensuring an adequate surgical workforce in underserved areas
The Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 (S.1351 and H.R.2906) was recently introduced in both the Senate and the House of...
Opinion
From the Washington Office: Reporting global codes data in 2017
On July 1, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin requiring practitioners in nine states who are part of groups of...
Opinion
From the Washington Office: Advocacy in Action
Fellows frequently ask how they can get more involved in the advocacy efforts of the ACS. Whether you are new to the arena of policy and advocacy...
Article
From the Washington Office: Navigating MIPS in 2017
2017 is here and the new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is now in effect. MIPS has taken a number of steps to streamline reporting...
Article
From the Washington Office: ACS Works to Establish Joint Trauma System in NDAA
I am frequently asked for examples of successes from the College’s advocacy efforts in DC. While many of our successes come in the form of...
Article
Clinical Practice Improvement Activities: The New Reporting Requirement
The reporting mechanism specified by CMS for 2017 is simple attestation accomplished via any traditional reporting mechanism other than by claims...
Article
Release of the MACRA Final Rule
On October 14, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule pertaining to the Medicare Access and CHIP...