Wage and Occupational Mix Data Revisions Due Sept. 3
Hospitals must request any data revisions by close of business Sept. 3 if changes should be made to their...
Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Information Addressed in Proposed Rules
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released two proposed rules last week about the confidentiality of substance...
Rural Health Task Force Comments for Policy Solutions
With response to mounting challenges in access to rural healthcare, the administration, Congress, and other stakeholders have proposed a...
Starting Jan 1 Medicare Claims Must Use MBIs
In 2018 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) removed Social Security number-based Health Insurance Claim Numbers (HICNs)...
Final Rule Released for FY 2020 Long-term Acute-care Hospital Prospective Payment System
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS)...
IPPS Final Rule Released for Fiscal Year 2020
On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final federal fiscal year (FFY)...
Jan. 1 MACs to Accept Appropriate Use Claims Modifiers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) should begin, effective Jan....
Heightened Scrutiny Review of Newly Constructed Presumptively Institutional Settings
With respect to settings under development or new construction, CMS issued guidance in 2016 that stated that CMS would...
CMS Proposed Regulations
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed regulations earlier this week for the hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs)...
CMS Final Rules for SNFs and Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule this week updating payment rates for skilled nursing facilities...
