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...
CMS has shared the final list of 184 public and private ambulance providers and suppliers selected to participate in the agency’s Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model, an...
UPDATED 03/16/21 CMS has significantly increased Medicare reimbursements rates for the administration of new COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to accelerate rollout, according to a new...
The Biden administration has paused several prominent value-based reimbursement models run by the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) to review model details, according to several updates provided on model...
When hospitals in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP) were stratified by social risk, value-based penalties for safety-net hospitals decreased, according to a new study published...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is seeking immediate relief from UnitedHealthcare’s new benefit design program that would restrict in-network diagnostic providers.
The hospital group...
Healthcare remains one of the top priorities for the Biden administration as it inherits an ongoing pandemic and the unstable future of the Affordable Care Act. But the President is already unveiling...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractors did not use Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) data to identify healthcare fraud or waste, according to a new Office of...
2021 may not have started as the fresh page everyone was hoping for, but a new administration could be making some well-worn strategies more relevant.
In a new Healthcare Strategies podcast, the...
CMS has delayed the filing deadline for cost reports by two months for most healthcare organizations because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The agency posted in a COVID-19 Frequently Asked...
Seema Verma announced on her Twitter today that she is resigning as CMS Administrator in preparation for a new Medicare and Medicaid leader coming in next week under the Biden...
CMS has codified how it defines “reasonable and necessary” coverage for items and services that may be covered under Medicare Parts A and B in a new final rule.
The rule finalized on Jan....
CMS has announced that it will reprocess hospital outpatient claims from last year for clinic visit services provided at excepted off-campus provider-based departments.
The agency will start...
CMS is planning to expand a value-based purchasing model that rewards home health agencies for high-quality care and saves Medicare money.
The federal agency announced on Jan. 8 via email that it...
CMS has updated Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rates for 2021 after a COVID-19 stimulus package mitigated budget neutrality cuts finalized in a December rule.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act,...
CMS is taking steps to ensure hospitals comply with a controversial price transparency rule taking effect on January 1, 2021.
On that date, every hospital in the country is expected to provide...
CMS has released Medicare billing codes for a new COVID-19 antibody drug recently approved by the FDA.
Healthcare providers are now able to use the Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS)...
A new direct contracting model from CMS will test whether a geographic-based approach to value-based care can improve quality of care while reducing costs for Medicaid beneficiaries in a specific...
CMS has released the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) final rule for 2021 in an effort to give Medicare beneficiaries more choices around surgical...
After some delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS has released the final rule for the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
The final rule unveiled by CMS yesterday evening will dictate how much...
