October 27, 2016 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule outlining the requirements of the new Quality Payment Program for physicians that was created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) on October 14, 2016. ...
October 11, 2016 Section 6401 (a) of the Affordable Care Act established a requirement for all enrolled providers and suppliers to resubmit and recertify their Medicare enrollment information under new enrollment screening criteria. CMS completed its initial round of...
August 17, 2016 President-elect William Liakos Jr. MD will travel to and visit with county medical societies this fall, continuing a long-standing tradition of the New Mexico Medical Society. Dr. Liakos, a pediatrician in Roswell, will be joined by NMMS Executive...
August 4, 2016 NMMS has been communicating and working with Human Services Department on the significant financial shortfall New Mexico is facing this year in the Medicaid budget due to the decrease in oil prices. The price decrease, while good news when filling up...
June 27, 2016 The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration is pleased to announce that its 2015 Annual Report is now available on the agency website at: https://www.workerscomp.state.nm.us/research/ar15/wca_annual2015.pdf The report includes information on the...
June 27, 2016 The American Medical Association (AMA) today (6/27/16) submitted comprehensive comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outlining changes that should be made to the proposed rule on Medicare payment and delivery reform, as...
May 20, 2016 SGR > MACRA On April 27, 2016, CMS issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to put in place key parts of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). MACRA, bipartisan legislation, replaces the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate...
May 2, 2016 Please review the payment reductions for providers as proposed by Human Services Department. The link for the CPT Medicaid current fee schedule is: https://www.hsd.state.nm.us/uploads/FileLinks/e7cfb008157f422597cccdc11d2034f0/4.18_CPT_Codes_1.pdf HSD...
April 20, 2016 Based on the actuarial report of the Patient Compensation Fund, under New Mexico Medical Malpractice act, the PCF fund balance is currently $36.573M, shie of the $73.3M to be actuarially sound. The decrease is primarily due to several large batched...
