Opioids remain top priority for U.S. Senate
According to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Senate plans to work on appropriations bills and judicial nominations in the final two weeks of...
Infographic: Proposed changes to ACO involvement in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
Pictures often do a better job explaining than words do. With that in mind, this infographic explains the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’...
AHA Action Alert: Contact Thune & Rounds
The American Hospital Association (AHA) issued an Action Alert asking members to contact their U.S. senators asking them to support including language in the...
Committee on Ways & Means releases Red Tape Relief Project report
The Committee on Ways & Means last week released a Red Tape Relief Project report, further reiterating the importance of stakeholder collaboration to further...
Electronic visit verification implementation delayed
On July 30 legislation was passed (H.R. 6042) to amend Section 1903(l) of the Social Security Act to delay the timeline by one year...
CMS proposes changes to Medicare Shared Savings Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would make changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)...
CMS to provide hospital-specific reports for preview
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will provide confidential, hospital-specific reports on two disparity methods that assess hospital performance for patients with...
Listening session scheduled for Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has scheduled a listening session on three provisions included in the proposed Physician Fee Schedule rule change,...
CMS issues FFY 2019 skilled nursing facility PPS final rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released on July 31 the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2019 final payment rule for the skilled...
CMS finalizes updates for FFY 2019 inpatient psychiatric facility PPS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the final rule updating the inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS) for...
