2015

March 27, 2015 – Special Alert
Senate leaves for recess with no action on SGR repeal 
Despite a successful vote in the House yesterday, the Senate failed to bring to a vote legislation to repeal the flawed Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula before leaving for April recess early this morning. MGMA is extremely

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Historic SGR repeal passes in House 
Today, the House of Representatives passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, H.R. 2, by a vote of 392–37. This legislation permanently repeals the SGR and returns stability to physicians and Medicare patients.

MGMA President and CEO Halee Fischer-Wright released the following statement:

“The House of Representatives

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The Ohio State Medical Board has proposed new telehealth prescribing regulations, which are predicated upon whether the drug is a controlled or not a controlled substance.

Non-Controlled Substances

For non-controlled substances, physicians may prescribe or dispense medication to a person on whom the physician has never previously conducted a medical evaluation only if the…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a Bill late last week, which will take effect as of January 1, expanding telehealth coverage in New York. This law does three things which are on the leading edge of telehealth coverage:

  1. First, it requires commercial insurance and medical assistance to provide telehealth coverage, which provision is often

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