Monitor Mondays

Amid the chaos created by the coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two major final rules this week: the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule and the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), with the latter having been widely anticipated. Both final rules portend significant new regulatory changes for providers, patients, and payors. Given the gravity of these new changes, the next upcoming Monitor Mondays broadcast will encompass a special live open door forum to answer questions from listeners.Segments to be featured during the live broadcast include the following:Court Report: Famed whistleblower attorney Mary Inman, partner in the London law office of Constantine Cannon, will return to the broadcast to report on three major whistleblower cases.COVID-19: Frontline physician John Foggle will provide a real-time update on the raging spread of the coronavirus — at a time when Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield is predicting tha