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Medicare now reimburses providers for services addressing patients’ social determinants of health (SDOH), such as housing instability, transportation challenges, and food insecurity.
PYA’s Martie Ross, Miriam Murray, and Katie Croswell addressed technical and practical issues relating to payment for SDOH risk assessments, community health integration (CHI), and principal illness navigation (PIN). 
The PYA team provided key insights regarding these topics:
Workflow for SDOH risk assessments Initiating visits for CHI and PIN Billing practitioner responsibilities and staff qualifications Scope of services and documentation Reimbursement rates Business plan for SDOH services This webinar took place on June 5, 2024. Attendees of the live webinar were eligible for 1 CPE* credit in Specialized Knowledge.
This webinar is part of PYA’s twice-monthly Healthcare Regulatory Roundup, a popular series during which PYA experts provide practical insights on the latest industry regulatory developments.
If you would like assistance with legislative or regulatory impacts or any matter involving compliance, valuation, or strategy and transactions, one of our executives would be happy to assist. You may email them or call (800) 270-9629.

In 2024, PYA surveyed more than 100 physician compensation experts and other healthcare professionals to understand their toughest, timeliest, and trickiest topics in fair market value (FMV) and physician compensation. Additionally, we collected questions submitted during our recent webinar, “Top 10 High-Demand Physician Specialties,” to learn what is most meaningful to you, and we began to answer those questions in our latest episode, “Solar Eclipse – Bringing FMV & Compensation Questions Out of the Shadows.”
On May 29, PYA Principals Lyle Oelrich and Carol Carden took another deep dive to answer your questions about physician recruitment and retention, compensation for travel time, and compensation offers.
Attendees learned from the following webinar topics:
What strategies and tactics can be implemented to improve physician recruitment and retention while ensuring FMV physician compensation? How do you compensate physicians for travel time? How do you reconcile the apparent disparity in physician compensation offers between hospital/health systems and private equity acquirers? PYA’s Timely, Tough, or Tricky—Physician Compensation and Fair Market Value webinar series is in its third successful season. Watch for more 2024 sessions, and learn from past episodes. Also, follow PYA on LinkedIn to learn about upcoming webinars.
PYA performs more than 1,200 fair market value opinions and reviews or develops hundreds of physician compensation plans each year. If you would like assistance with physician compensation, fair market value, or any matter involving valuation, compliance, or strategy and integration, one of our executives would be happy to assist. Contact them via email or by calling (800) 270-9629.

Although we are almost nine years into the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), the program is new to many who came into healthcare and/or physician practice management since its initial rollout. 
PYA’s Lori Foley and Martie Ross oriented webinar attendees on the MIPS program through deeper dives into these topics:
Traditional MIPS participation, including a discussion of each quadrant MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) Participation in MIPS through Advance Payment Models (APMs)  The webinar took place on May 22, 2024, and was part of PYA’s twice-monthly Healthcare Regulatory Roundup, a popular series during which PYA experts provide practical insights on the latest industry regulatory developments.
If you would like assistance with legislative or regulatory impacts or any matter involving compliance, valuation, or strategy and transactions, one of our executives would be happy to assist. You may email them or call (800) 270-9629.

Federal rule makers have been extremely busy this spring, releasing the fiscal year (FY) 2025 proposed payment rules as well as new final rules on nursing home staffing requirements, state Medicaid program operations, non-compete agreements, and compensation thresholds for overtime pay.
PYA’s Kathy Reep and Martie Ross discussed key provisions of the following proposed and final rules impacting healthcare providers:
FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital PPS Proposed Rule FY 2025 Hospice Payment Rate Update Proposed Rule FY 2025 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Proposed Rule FY 2025 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Proposed Rule FY 2025 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS Proposed Rule Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities & Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting Final Rule Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services Final Rule  Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality Final Rule Federal Trade Commission Non-Compete Clause Final Rule Department of Labor Overtime Pay Final Rule Health Resources & Services Administration 340b Administrative Dispute Resolution Final Rule Office of Civil Rights Non-Discrimination in Health Programs and Activities Final Rule This webinar took place on May 8, 2024 and is part of PYA’s twice-monthly Healthcare Regulatory Roundup, a popular series during which PYA experts provide practical insights on the latest industry regulatory developments.
If you would like assistance with legislative or regulatory impacts or any matter involving compliance, valuation, or strategy and transactions, one of our executives would be happy to assist. You may email them or call (800) 270-9629.
Attendees of the live webinar were eligible for 1.5 CPE credits in Specialized Knowledge.

The 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule included significant changes to the requirements for hospitals to post standard charges and other pricing information. Hospitals must comply with the most substantive changes by July 1, 2024.
PYA’s Martie Ross and Kathy Reep provided guidance to hospitals working to meet this deadline. Specifically, Martie and Kathy addressed these important points:
Website posting requirements Standardization of machine-readable files New data elements Algorithmic rates Attestations Looking forward to January 1, 2025, requirements Responding to third-party criticism Enforcement update The webinar took place on April 24, 2024.
This webinar was part of PYA’s twice-monthly “Healthcare Regulatory Roundup” series in which experts from across the firm provide practical insights on the latest regulatory developments.
If you would like assistance with price transparency issues, or any matter involving compliance, valuation, or strategy and transactions, one of our executive contacts would be happy to assist. You may email them, or call (800) 270-9629.

This webinar was Episode 3 of PYA’s new Revenue Recharge series. In the series, PYA shares ways health systems and physicians can identify revenue opportunities, leading to a more sustainable and visionary future and better healthcare for patients. By addressing net revenue opportunities in your operational planning, you can support your mission.
The webinar took place May 2, 2024.
During this webinar, Principal Jane Jerzak and Principal and Director of Business Intelligence & Analytics Jason Hardin discussed many aspects of managed care contracting. Specifically, they covered the following key points:
How to identify gaps in expected vs actual reimbursement Lessons learned in developing analytical models for payer reimbursement proposals How to monitor contract performance and promptly address reimbursement issues Watch for more episodes of the Revenue Recharge webinar series.
If you would like assistance with revenue management and strategies or any other area related to healthcare operations, strategy and transactions, or valuation, one of our executives would be happy to assist. You may contact them via email or by calling (800) 270-9629.