Center Resources
CMS Releases Medicare Proposed Regulations for Calendar Year 2027
CMS Releases Medicare Proposed Regulations for Calendar Year 2027 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed rules for 2027 on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS). Changes in policy and payment made by the rules become effective [...]
NAEC 2027 Accreditation Changes Letter
NAEC 2027 Accreditation Changes Letter NAEC’s Board and Accreditation Committee met recently to finalize the accreditation criteria for 2027. Please find a high level summary of the planned changes in this letter from NAEC President, Stephan Schuele, MD, MPH. The letter also outlines criteria that took effect in recent years that [...]
Washington Update Webinar Recording and Advocacy Resources
Washington Update Webinar Recording and Advocacy Resources Last week, Johanna Gray, NAEC’s Deputy Director presented on a webinar providing details on policies under consideration in Washington – including HR 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that just passed the House of Representatives and may soon come up for [...]
2026 Accreditation Changes Letter
NAEC 2026 Accreditation Changes Letter NAEC’s Board and Accreditation Committee met recently to finalize the accreditation criteria for 2026. Please find a high level summary of the planned changes in this letter from NAEC President, Fred Lado, MD, PhD. NAEC will host a webinar on the 2026 Accreditation Criteria and [...]
2025 Accreditation Changes Letter and Webinar
NAEC 2025 Accreditation Changes Letter Webinar to be Held September 30th - 2-3:30pm Eastern NAEC’s Board and Accreditation Committee met recently to finalize the accreditation criteria for 2025. Please find a high level summary of the planned changes in this letter from NAEC President, Fred Lado, MD, PhD. NAEC will host [...]
New Physician Specialty Code for Epileptologists
We are pleased to announce the implementation of a new physician specialty code, F6, used to indicate the specialty designation for an epileptologist. The new code, created by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) is the result of a collaborative effort among specialty societies that included submitting a [...]
New Guidelines for Centers
NAEC is thrilled to announce the publication of its 2023 Guidelines for epilepsy centers! An Executive Summary of the 2023 Guidelines for Specialized Epilepsy Centers: Report of the National Association of Epilepsy Centers Guideline Panel was published online on February 2, 2024, in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The complete [...]
CMS Approves New Subspecialty Code for Epileptologists
As a result of a collaborative request from the American Epilepsy Society (AES), the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), and the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) has approved a new specialty code for epileptologists. The new code will allow CMS to [...]
CMS Releases Medicare Proposed Regulations for 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed rules for 2024 on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS). Both rules are open for comments until mid-September and the final rules are typically released in November. Changes in policy and payment [...]
NAEC Resources on Long-Term EEG Monitoring
Beginning on January 1, 2020, the CPT coding structure for long-term EEG and EEG with video monitoring (VEEG) changed dramatically. NAEC has been working with AAN, ACNS, and AES to provide summaries of the coding changes, webinars, and an analysis of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule’s treatment of the [...]
