On Monday of this week, CMS released the HOPPS & RO Model Proposed Rule for 2022. Our team has created the attached summary for your review and the HOPPS payment rate comparison. CMS did make several updates to the RO Model that everyone in radiation oncology...
We have been reviewing the MPFS & HOPPS 2021 Final Rules documents that were released by CMS last week. Our team has created a summary of the rules for your review. Of note, CMS has reduced the conversion factor (CF) from $36.09 to $32.41 for CY...
Nashville, TN (September 18, 2020): Radiation Business Solutions (RBS) announced that they reached an agreement to purchase RADMAX, Inc., a radiation oncology medical billing company headquartered in Tyler, TX, effective August 31, 2020. RBS also announced the development of their new, quality-driven radiation oncology network,...
Tennessee healthcare executives Ben Frank and Christopher Gonzalez have partnered with Radiation Business Solutions to launch Apollo Healthcare, a revolutionary oncology services firm focused on improving access to novel cancer therapies. Ben Frank, an experienced oncology executive who was previously the President of the Provision Proton...
Besides dealing with the decrease in “elective” surgeries, shortage of PPE supplies, increased acuity of patients, and financial toxicity through the roof, physicians are struggling with their own financial realities. One of the many questions we’re fielding relates to the stimulus funds received last month. How...
If you are anything like me, once Christmas is over I begin looking forward to the first day of spring. The flowers, sunshine, and nice weather are very welcome. However, there is one annual Spring event that a large majority of healthcare providers probably wish...
At RBS, it is our goal to reduce the financial stress and anxiety of patients and their family members as they face some of the most frightening, stressful days of their lives. With our Revenue Navigator program, we have made significant progress toward this goal. We...
The deadline for MIPS 2018 reporting is fast approaching. If you have not reported on the Quality, Improvement Activities and Promoting Interoperability (if required) components by March 31, 2019, you could be at risk for a 5% penalty adjustment on Medicare payments in 2020. Although CMS...
As you likely know, the CMS FINAL RULE 2019 has been published. As always, there is much hype and fanfare that seem to come along each July with the Proposed CMS Rules and each November with the Final CMS Rules. Although the largely publicized proposal...
