The American Hospital Association (AHA) released comments on CMS’s FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule, which would increase inpatient Medicare reimbursement rates...
CMS has issued a proposed rule that would create a new value-based payment pathway for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities, as well as update Medicare rates for renal dialysis services next...
CMS has released the proposed rule for the Home Health Prospective Payment System next year. The rule seeks to expand the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model and address health equity...
Medicare payments will increase by $35 per dose for providers who administer at-home COVID-19 vaccinations for Medicare beneficiaries, CMS announced today. In alignment with President Biden’s...
In a study of over four million Medicare beneficiaries, researchers found that the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model may be widening racial and socioeconomic health disparities in...
The Senate has confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by a vote of 55 to 44.
Brooks-LaSure is the first Black woman to lead the agency...
CMS announced it will be reweighting the cost performance category under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) from 15 percent to zero percent for the 2020 performance period to provide...
CMS announced that it will delay the effective date of a final rule updating the definition of “reasonable and necessary” and the guidelines surrounding the Medicare Coverage of Innovative...
CMS has raised the Medicare payment rate for certain COVID-19 antibody infusions and included a new payment policy for at-home administration, which will have a higher payment rate compared to other...
CMS is proposing to increase Medicare hospital inpatient rates by $2.5 billion next fiscal year, in addition to bolstering the rural healthcare workforce and health equity reporting.
The rate increase...
The healthcare system is at a critical point in its transition to value-based care a decade after implementation of the Affordable Care Act and its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI),...
A two percent cut to Medicare reimbursement will be paused until the end of the year, CMS recently announced.
The announcement via the MLN Connects newsletter on April 16th stated that the Medicare...
Many hospitals are not complying with the CMS price transparency rule more than four months after its passage, according to a new KFF analysis that calls for data standardization.
Put into effect on...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has announced its support of President Biden’s pick for CMS Administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, ahead of the confirmation hearing this week.
The...
CMS has announced that it will not be soliciting any more applications for the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Models slated to launch on January 1, 2022.
Organizations that had already...
CMS has proposed a $444 million increase in Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in the federal fiscal year (FY) 2022, according to a new proposed rule.
The rule released late...
CMS has released the proposed rules for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System and the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System for fiscal year (FY)...
CMS has started recouping Medicare payments it fronted to healthcare providers last year during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a recent MLN Matters newsletter, the agency stated that it has begun...
UPDATED 04/16/2021 CMS is temporarily holding claims from providers in anticipation of legislation that will extend the suspension of the 2 percent Medicare sequester, according to a recent...
CMS has pushed back the application cycle by a year for a new rural-focused accountable care organization (ACO) model.
In an email sent yesterday, CMS said it has delayed the request for applications...
