The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened data submission for the 2025 performance year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Data can be submitted and updated until March 31 at 8 p.m. ET. APMA encourages members to submit their 2025 MIPS performance period data early during the submission period.
Podiatrists submitting time-sensitive materials by mail may be affected by changes to how the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) postmarks mail. Effective December 24, 2025, USPS postmarks now reflect the date mail is processed instead of the date it is dropped off. With mail processing becoming more centralized, delays between drop-off and postmarking may become more common.
APMA would like to notify members that another round of field testing for the Non-Pressure Ulcer Episode-Based Cost Measure (NPUECM) is now open through February 27. Some members may receive a Field Test Report through their QPP Portal account; APMA requests that any members who receive a report to share it with APMA, so we can better advocate for you.
The deadline to provide comments on CPME college document revisions is February 15. The revised documents and a summary of changes are available for review on the CPME webpage. A survey to obtain feedback on the Draft 1 documents is also available online.
CMS has clarified that providers may no longer bill Medicare for wastage associated with the use of non-BLA skin substitute products as of January 1. The JZ and JW Modifiers should no longer be used for skin substitute application for Medicare beneficiaries.
Following APMA's formal request in October 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated version (Version 3.0) of the WISeR Model Provider and Supplier Operational Guide which removes CPT® 11042 (debridement of subcutaneous tissue) from Appendix B.
Starting April 1, when the same provider bills an E/M service and a global radiology code for the same patient on the same date, UnitedHealthcare will require a full written interpretation and report to separately reimburse the professional component of the radiology service. If no written report is submitted, the professional component of the global radiology code will not be reimbursed separately and time spent reviewing the radiology images will be bundled into the payment for the E/M service.