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
On March 11, 2016, CMS published in the Federal Register its proposed new Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model. Comments are due by May 9, 2016. Below are some highlights of the proposed rule....more
In the proposed Medicare Physician Fee schedule (PFS) update for 2016, CMS announces a number of new policies, making changes to several of the quality reporting initiatives that are associated with PFS payment, and begins...more
7/21/2015
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
EHR ,
Incentive Awards ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
Medicare Part B ,
Medicare Shared Savings Program ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
PQRS ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Value-Based Fees