Provider groups are calling on the court to prevent hospital price transparency enforcement in the 11th hour, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Hospital Association, Association of...
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...
UPDATED at 12/22/2020 Congress has reached an agreement on a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package that was passed on Monday evening. But healthcare providers are still concerned about receiving...
National healthcare spending hit a total of $3.8 trillion in the year before COVID-19 hit, according to a new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at CMS.
The analysis published in Health Affairs...
With payment reductions looming for many providers paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, hundreds of medical organizations and lawmakers are pushing Congress to stop rate cuts finalized in...
A bipartisan group of Congressmembers has struck a deal over surprise billing protections for patients, but details of the draft legislation have some providers groups concerned about the bill’s...
A group of bipartisan policymakers has released details on a $908 billion COVID-19 relief bill that would provide more financial support for healthcare providers.
According to a summary framework...
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...
As many hospitals near capacity during another surge of COVID-19, CMS is allowing some healthcare providers to participate in a new hospital at home program that allows them to deliver acute care...
Come January 1, 2021, CMS will implement 21 new ICD-10 procedure codes for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics for the novel coronavirus, including baricitinib and monoclonal antibody treatments.
The...
HHS is addressing Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements that have left recipients questioning how they can spend the financial aid from the federal government.
The federal department clarified...
After years of debate, HHS agencies have made changes to two major healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse laws that providers have said get in the way of value-based care progress.
Late last week, CMS and...
Providers belonging to the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) are citing rising COVID-19 cases as a reason why Congress should pass additional financial assistance.
In a letter sent to...
For many voters, the 2020 presidential election was less about red and blue and more about white, as in the white coat.
Healthcare was a dominant issue in the race between the incumbent President Donald J. Trump and Democratic runner Vice...
Just a day after the FDA approved the emergency use of a new COVID-19 antibody drug, CMS updated Medicare payment and billing policies to ensure providers have access to the new treatment for...
Providing affordable health insurance coverage is a top goal for physicians and most believe healthcare can achieve that through a single-payer option, a new survey reveals.
The final installment of...
Most consumers living in a state with some of the most comprehensive healthcare price transparency laws have never thought to seek out pricing information for provider services, according to a recent...
CMS has finalized a 1.9 percent, or $390 million, increase in Medicare home health reimbursement in 2021.
The boost in reimbursement is significantly less than the 2.6 percent increase proposed by CMS...
New and innovative home dialysis machines will soon qualify for additional Medicare reimbursement, according to the latest End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) final...
