(Note: international terminology is evolving toward metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease [MASLD], though NAFLD and NASH remain widely used in UK clinical practice.) Alcohol-related fatty liver disease develops through excessive alcohol consumption, which directly damages liver cells and disrupts fat metabolism
Specifically, we propose the following, which are discussed in more detail in sections (b) and (c) below: Sunset the requirement after January 1, 2025, at 425.110(b)(2) that CMS terminates the participation agreement and the ACO is not eligible to share in savings for that performance year if the ACO's assigned population is not at least 5,000 by the end of the performance year specified by CMS in its request for a CAP and Revise the antitrust language in the application procedures at 425.202(a)(3) and 425.224(a)(3) for the Shared Savings Program
The FDAs decision comes as a result of a lawsuit brought by public health groups filed against the agency in 2020 after it failed to respond to their so-called citizen petition from 2013, calling on FDA to ban these products
National Drug Code (NDC)
The CPT Editorial Panel established a new CPT code 9X091 describing a brief virtual check-in encounter that is intended to evaluate the need for a more extensive visit
The exclusion criteria at 425.401(b) apply for purposes of determining beneficiary eligibility for alignment to an ACO based on the beneficiary's designation of an ACO professional as responsible for coordinating their overall care under paragraph (e) of this section, regardless of the ACO's assignment methodology selection under 425.226(a)(1)
