Hospitals posting charges, OPPS/ASC final rule to be discussed during CMS forum
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will discuss highlights of the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment...
CMS releases 2019 OPPS/ASC payment system rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2019 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS)/ambulatory surgical center (ASC) final rule. Changes include expanded...
CMS issues final physician payment rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 1 finalized a Medicare physician payment rule that could include an overhaul of billing...
Federal health insurance open enrollment begins
Open enrollment through the Federal Health Insurance Exchange, also referred to as Obamacare or the Marketplace, starts Nov. 1 and goes through Dec. 15...
CMS releases more information on Trump’s drug plan
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments through Dec. 31 on options under consideration...
Trump announces plan to lower drug prices
President Trump Oct. 25 rolled out a three-pronged plan that would test ways to lower costs for some Medicare drugs directly administered by doctors....
HHS awards $293 million to expand primary health care workforce
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on Oct. 18 announced $293 million in awards to primary...
President signs opioid bill
President Trump on Oct. 24 signed into law a sweeping 660-page bipartisan opioid package, H.R. 6 (115), that bundles dozens of bills aimed at...
FDA considers ban on flavored cigars
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is scaling up efforts to fight youth tobacco addiction with potential regulation that would ban all flavored cigars....
HealthCare.gov hacked, customer privacy breached
Customer privacy on a key Obamacare enrollment portal, HealthCare.gov, was hacked in the past week, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
