Mike Rapp

Dr. Rapp has strong experience following the changes and updates to Medicare payment rules as a practicing physician, a department head in a community teaching hospital, and as a head of a group of physicians. Dr. Rapp’s physician group billed directly to the Medicare program and annually submitted specific content for the Physician Fee Schedule and the Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient payment rules connection with Quality Reporting and Value Based Purchasing changes. As a leader in his professional association, the American College of Emergency Physician, Dr. Rapp followed the changes in payment rules. In addition, Dr. Rapp was the Chairman of the HHS Practicing Physician Advisory Committee for four years. The role of this Federal Advisory Committee was to advise the Secretary of HHS on Medicare and Medicaid payment policies and to specifically comment on the annual Physician Fee Schedule Rule and changes in Hospital payment processes.