Final Doctor Pay Rule Delays Pay-Transparency Measure; Assigns First Care-Management Code Pay Rates; Finishes ACO Quality Measures

Final Doctor Pay Rule Delays Pay-Transparency Measure; Assigns First Care-Management Code Pay Rates; Finishes ACO Quality Measures-insidehealthpolicy: The final 2015 pay rule for physician services puts off pay-transparency measures until 2017; assigns the first pay rates for new care-management codes; implements Obamacare's value-based pay modifier; finishes changes to several quality reporting initiatives, including for accountable care organizations; and combines pay for sedation and colonoscopy to avoid surprising seniors with copays for screening that is supposed to be free.