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A study of the effects of roadside waste on soil found that patterns of hydrocarbon levels in the soil were similar to those of littered cigarette butts
The same cap on Medicare funding for residencies also applies to medical fellowships, limiting the number of publicly funded specialty training opportunities for physicians (878)
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We are revising 425.512(a)(7)(ii) and adding new paragraphs (a)(7)(ii)(A) and (B) to indicate for performance year 2025 and subsequent performance years, an ACO will receive the higher of the ACO's health equity adjusted quality performance category score or the equivalent of the 40th percentile MIPS Quality performance category score when an ACO reports all of the required measures in the APP Plus quality measure set, meeting the data completeness requirement for each measure in the APP Plus quality measure set, and receiving a MIPS Quality performance category score, and the ACO meets either of the following: ++ The ACO's total available measure achievement points used to calculate the ACO's MIPS Quality performance category score are reduced under 414.1380(b)(1)(vii)(A)