CMS's FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (Final Rule) finalizes several noteworthy proposals related to graduate medical education (GME) payment opportunities. Below are the takeaways from the...more
Under section 1135(b)(5) waiver authority, CMS once again extended the submission deadline for both new Medicare graduate medical education (GME) affiliation agreements and amendments to existing Medicare GME affiliation...more
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing massive disruption and adjustment to patient care, including to hospitals’ graduate medical education (GME) programs. Decisions about the operation of these programs need to consider the ACGME...more
On August 7, President Barack Obama signed into law the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Act). While much press has been given to the Act’s increasing of access to private health care providers,...more
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. The PRRB and CMS Administrator post their...more