Akron General Health System (AGHS), a hospital system in Ohio owned by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, reached a civil settlement and agreed to pay $21 million for allegedly committing healthcare...
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...
Several US departments, including HHS, have released much-anticipated surprise billing regulations to implement the No Surprises Act, a law passed last year that aims to protect patients from...
Leading healthcare industry groups are calling on lawmakers to leave Medicare and unspent provider relief funds alone when finding ways to offset spending from a proposed infrastructure deal.
Released...
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...
HHS has updated Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements to give clinicians more time to use the payments and report on those uses.
The update to the Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements...
President Joe Biden has requested an increase in the HHS budget next year to strengthen public health infrastructure and crisis-related needs, among other top health spending proposals.
The...
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...
HHS unlawfully changed the weighting factors assigned to residents and fellows for Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) payments, according to a recent opinion from the US District Court...
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...
A bipartisan group of 77 Congress members, led by Reps. Cindy Axne (IA-03) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02), released a letter on May 11th urging HHS to reconsider its...
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 American Hospital Association (AHA) is asking key lawmakers to consider the potential effort their healthcare funding decisions for fiscal year (FY) 2022 will have on hospitals’ ability to...
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 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)...
Future Provider Relief Fund distributions should prioritize allocation to physician practices struggling with the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, not just hospitals, physician groups...
UPDATED The Senate has approved California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Senators approved Biden’s pick for the...
UPDATED 04/16/2021 A bill is seeking to prevent across-the-board spending cuts triggered by the latest COVID-19 relief package, including the 2 percent Medicare sequester reduction, known as...
