In short, these flexibilities and policy clarifications that permit audio-only telecommunication flexibilities for the treatment of a SUD, which can include an OUD, already exist under other payment systems in Medicare
This approach is consistent with what we have done for rare past occasions where we computed revised benchmarks immediately prior to reconciliation to correct for late-breaking data issues
Among the 21 global regions, South Asia had significantly higher ASDR and ASDALYR in 2021, which was 6232 greater than other global regions (Supplementary Table S5
Therefore, for CY 2025, we encourage interested parties to provide more accurate and appropriate cost data, along with additional information regarding work RVU, work time, indicators, and utilization estimates for the MACs