As part of its proposed inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) rule for FY 2014, CMS introduced a new standard for determining whether an inpatient admission to an acute care hospital is appropriate. Specifically, CMS...more
5/17/2013
- CMS Healthcare Medicare Medicare Part B Physicians
CMS recently proposed rules [PDF] in response to President Obama’s directive to government agencies, Executive Order 13563, to reduce outmoded or unnecessarily burdensome rules. CMS estimates that the changes in the rules...more
3/7/2013
- Barack Obama CMS Executive Orders Healthcare
In recently released decisions, the PRRB and the CMS Administrator addressed a number of issues of interest to many providers. Short summaries of those decisions are provided below. ...more
12/14/2012
- CMS FTEs GME IME Medicaid Medicare SNF
