PYA Webinar Recast

The complimentary webinar took place Wednesday, April 26, 2023.

CMS issued several proposed and final rules for fiscal year 2024. In the first half of this webinar, PYA's Martie Ross and Kathy Reep discussed key provisions of the hospital inpatient proposed rule, including:

• Updated payment rates
• Modifications to the hospital value-based purchasing programs
• Changes to the severity designation of diagnosis codes describing homelessness
• Updates to the Promoting Interoperability and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting programs

In the second half of our webinar, Martie and Kathy addressed the impact on providers of two recent final rules relating to the Medicare Advantage program, including:

• Recovery of overpayments from plans
• Marketing practices
• Prior authorizations
• Utilization review
• Access to behavioral health services
• Changes to the Star Rating program

The webinar took place on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

To continue a dialogue on timely but occasionally tough or tricky topics in physician compensation and fair market value, PYA surveyed more than 50 physician compensation experts and other healthcare professionals to understand their collective thoughts on the topics in 2023. These issues include but are not limited to the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and its impact on physician compensation; compensating physicians who work collaboratively with advanced practice practitioners; new trends in physician compensation and productivity benchmark surveys; and better performing practices in hospital-based specialty subsidies, just to name a few. The complete list of these issues will be shared during this next webinar.

PYA Principals Lyle Oelrich and Angie Caldwell continued the 2023 "Timely, Tough, or Tricky" webinar series with "The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule & Its Potential Impact on Physician Compensation." Topics included:

• Highlights of the rule
• Anticipated impacts by specialty
• How the rule potentially impacts your compensation models

The webinar took place on April 12, 2023.

As CMS's annual rulemaking process kicks off in April, we presented some educated guesses on what to expect (and what deserves your attention) over the next several months. During this one-hour webinar, PYA's Martie Ross and Kathy Reep discussed:

• Healthcare provisions in the President's budget proposal
• MedPAC's latest report to Congress
• Status of IPPS, OPPS, MPFS, and other reimbursement-related rulemaking
• Medicare Advantage final rate announcement
• No Surprises Act regulations
• HIPAA rules
• Survey and enforcement activities

The complimentary 30-minute webinar took place March 28, 2023. PYA Principals Lyle Oelrich and Tynan Kugler kicked off the 2023 "Timely, Tough, or Tricky" webinar series with "The End of the Public Health Emergency & Its Impact on Physician Compensation." Topics included:

• What was waived and why?
• What has changed between March 20, 2020, and May 11, 2023?
• What should you do to prepare?

If you would like assistance with physician compensation or fair market value or any matter involving valuation, strategy and integration, or compliance, one of our executive contacts would be happy to assist. Visit us at https://www.pyapc.com/.

This complimentary webinar took place Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

Three years ago, HHS waived or modified nearly 200 federal regulatory requirements to assist providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the end of the public health emergency rapidly approaching, providers must untangle themselves from these waivers and flexibilities and return to "normal" operations.

To help providers with this herculean task, PYA's Martie Ross and Kathy Reep introduced a new comprehensive End-of-PHE Checklist and provided helpful commentary on compliance strategies.

This complimentary webinar took place Wednesday, March 1, 2023.

On January 30, the Biden Administration announced it would not renew the current COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration, meaning it will expire on May 11. During this webinar, PYA’s Martie Ross and Kathy Reep discussed the impact that the termination of numerous regulatory flexibilities will have on healthcare providers. They provided practical solutions for providers preparing for the end of the PHE. Topics included:

• Medicare telehealth flexibilities
• Medicaid determinations
• Payments for COVID-19 testing and treatment
• Hospital capacity
• Discharge planning and post-acute care
• Staffing flexibilities
• Administrative tasks
• Provider enrollment
• Stark Law waivers
• Hospital-at-home program

This complimentary webinar took place February 8, 2023.

The federal healthcare regulatory agencies were busy during the holiday season publishing proposed rules on a wide range of important topics, from prior authorizations to privacy protections for patient records. During this webinar, PYA’s Kathy Reep and Martie Ross highlighted key provisions of the following proposed rules, including specific issues for which your organization may want to submit comments:

• CMS: Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes (comment period closes March 13, 2023)
• CMS: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to Medicare Advantage (comment period closed February 13, 2023)
• CMS: Adoption of Standards for Healthcare Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures (comment period closes March 23, 2023)
• Federal Trade Commission: Non-Compete Clause Rule (comment period closes March 20, 2023)
• Office of Civil Rights: Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes (comment period closes March 6, 2023)
• Office of Civil Rights: Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (comment period closed January 21, 2023)