Discharge Planning Final Rule
On September 30, CMS published a final rule revising discharge requirements for Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Home Health Agencies. Within this final rule...
Federal Judge Rules Against CMS Site-Neutral Payment Policy
A federal judge has ruled that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) exceeded its statutory authority when it reduced payments for clinic...
Medicaid DSH Cuts Delayed Until Nov. 21
The U.S. Senate passed a continuing resolution to provide funding for the federal government for the first few weeks of the 2020 federal fiscal...
CMS Postpones Billing Edit Requiring Exact Matching for OPPS Providers Until April 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has further postponed activating billing edits requiring exact matching for the address on claims data for...
Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings Listening Session
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a listening session about the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings system. CMS is inviting...
E-Cigarette Warning
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  are warning e-cigarette users against using ingredients purchased from unauthorized...
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 wage or occupational mix data. The...
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 use disorder (SUD) patient information....
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 variety of competing solutions. Yet...
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) from Medicare cards and is...
