HCCIntel: November 2021

About the Article: Lynn Rapsilber, DNP, co-founded the National Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Network (NNPEN) in 2017 to help nurse practitioners (NPs) launch sustainable businesses. And, now, she is pledging to do even more to assist her fellow NPs as the new CEO of the advocacy organization. HCCInsights...

Update 01/14/22: On January 13, 2022, the U.S Supreme Court released two per Curiam opinions regarding CMS and OSHA’s vaccination and testing requirements. U.S Supreme Court: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Regulation U.S Supreme Court: OSHA ETS First, the Court decided to allow CMS to implement...

CY 2022 MPFS Final Rule Date: 11|04|2021   Approx. 5 min. read Author: Brianna Plencner, CPC, CPMA  Senior Consultant & Manager, Practice Development, HCCI It’s November and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the annual Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule which outlines...

Authors: Meng Chen, Research Associate, HCCI, and Aaron Yao, Research Director, HCCI Introduction Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data show that about 14% of the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population had no personal healthcare expenditures in 2019. At the same time, only 5% of the population accounted for nearly...