Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Aug. 1 placed on display its fiscal year 2013 final rule for the inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital PPS.
On July 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2013.
On July 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) proposed rule for calendar year 2013.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published the Medicare and Medicaid Programs Final Rule on Changes in Provider and Supplier Enrollment, Ordering and Certifying, and Documentation Requirements; and Changes in Provider Agreements.
Section 302 of the 2006 Tax Relief and Health Care Act required the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement a nationwide Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program by 2010.
Hospitals are experiencing a significant increase in audit activity by contractors for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
In the May 11 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its fiscal year 2013 proposed rule for the inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital PPS.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires hospitals to meet specified Conditions of Participation (CoPs) in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
On April 11, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent Congress a plan for reforming Medicare's hospital wage index, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
On February 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule implementing a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires a health care provider or supplier that received an overpayment from the Medicare program to report and return the…