CMS took another step in its campaign to impose "site neutrality" on hospital outpatient payments with its recently published final Medicare hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule for CY 2019. The final...more
12/14/2018
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Emergency Rooms ,
HCPCS ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
MedPAC ,
Off-Campus Departments ,
OPPS ,
Outpatient Services ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Provider Payments ,
Section 340B ,
Site-Neutral Exception
Is the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the government) required to engage in notice and comment rulemaking when it changes a requirement that has an important impact on hospitals' reimbursement? As we reported...more
10/11/2018
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Appeals ,
Azar v Allina Health Services ,
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Certiorari ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Disproportionate Share Adjustments ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Interpretive Rule ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part C ,
Notice and Comment ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Provider Payments ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS
For much of the past decade, hospitals and CMS have battled over whether providers may claim, as Medicare reasonable costs, the full amount of provider tax assessments levied upon them by the states in which they operate. In...more
1/17/2018
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Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Taxes ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Provider Reimbursement Manual ,
Provider Reimbursement Review Board ,
Refunds ,
Reversal
On December 29, 2015 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a challenge to a psychiatric hospital's pre-PPS Medicare reimbursement. Washington Regional Medicorp v. Burwell, No. 1:13-cv-00622 (D.C....more
On January 26, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new initiative to shift Medicare reimbursements from volume to value using new payment methodologies for physicians and hospitals. Such a...more
On August 4, 2014, CMS posted its final changes and updates to the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) that apply for fiscal year (FY) 2015, effective October 1, 2014. Below are some of the highlights of the...more