Advisory
A bipartisan group of nearly 40 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives will explore certain health care proposals over the August recess, leaders of the Problem Solvers Caucus announced yesterday.
On July 13, the CMS released two proposed rules for calendar year 2018: the outpatient prospective payment system /ambulatory surgical center proposed rule and the Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule.
On June 20, the CMS issued a proposed rule updating the requirements of the quality payment program for physicians and other eligible clinicians mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with an initiative to remove Social Security numbers (SSN) from Medicare beneficiary enrollment cards. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 requires removal of SSNs from all Medicare cards by April…
Proposed Rule: Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and The Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2018 Rates and Other Issues
CMS published its fiscal year 2018 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment systems on April 14.
On May 4, the CMS published two items related to the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system its fiscal year 2018 proposed rule and an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that seeks public comment on potential major refinements the agency plans to propose in FY 2019.
On April 27, 2017, the CMS released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with comment entitled Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities: Revisions to Case-mix Methodology, followed by Federal Register publication on May 4, 2017 (84 FR…
On May 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its fiscal year (FY) 2018 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS). This advisory provides greater detail on this proposed rule.
This advisory covers highlights of the rule's LTCH-related provisions.