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CMS Regional Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ashby Wolfe, will provide an overview of current CMS policy as outlined in the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule.  She will focus on key updates related to telemedicine, evaluation and management services, and the agency COVID-19 response.


Presenters:

Ashby Wolfe, MD, MPP, MPH, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services      
Regional Chief Medical Officer serving Denver, San Francisco and Seattle Offices

Dr. Wolfe is a board-certified family physician and serves as co-Chief Medical Officer for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offices in Denver, San Francisco, and Seattle. She has been based at CMS San Francisco since 2015, and now also supports the Denver and Seattle regional locations in her focus on the implementation of Medicare and Medicaid policy across the Western States and the Pacific Territories. As a senior medical advisor for CMS programs in the Western United States, she provides clinical expertise to the divisions of Medicare and Medicaid payment policy, quality improvement, survey operations, contracted health plans and serves as the principal liaison with the clinical community.

Dr. Wolfe has practiced broad-scope family medicine in academic, integrated, and community clinical settings over the course of her career and holds a particular interest in improving the quality and equity of care for underserved and low-income populations. She has published multiple articles on Medicare and Medicaid policy and is a contributing author of the public health text, Prevention is Primary (Jossey-Bass).

Date: January 26, 2022
Time: 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM