Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans are one of four main types of Medicare Advantage policies that private insurance companies administer. The plans have specific rules relating to costs paid to ...

A Medicare Private-Fee-for Service Plan (PFS) is a plan purchased from a private insurance company. An individual who purchases a PFS Plan is still within the Medicare Program and will receive all of ...

CMS finalizes 2026 physician fee schedule, introducing two conversion factors and updates to practice expense methodology for Medicare payments.

Medicare primarily operates a fee-for-service (FFS) payment system. This means that healthcare professionals and facilities bill Medicare for each service they provide, with itemized costs appearing ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday finalized its annual physician fee schedule for 2026, giving ...

On Oct. 31, CMS issued its final policy changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule, alongside other shifts in Medicare policy. The update comes after suspicion from ASC leaders ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual physician pay rule for 2026 on Friday night, which increases physician reimbursement by 3.77% for qualifying pro | The finalized ...

P hysician groups were generally dissatisfied with the final 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule released late last ...