It is the annual summer pastime for the pharmaceutical community. Time to review the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) release of the 2024 proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its annual final rules related to both the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems for calendar year 2023 (the HOPPS...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its annual proposed rule related to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems for 2023 (the HOPPS Proposed Rule) on...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its annual proposed rule related to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems (HOPPS) (the Proposed Rule)....more
CMS is soliciting comments on whether future payments for devices that may have been impacted by the COVID-19 PHE should be adjusted. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its annual proposed rule related...more
In the 2018 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rule, CMS finalized a policy to reduce payment for separately payable outpatient drugs purchased by certain hospitals under the 340B program from...more
Next Steps on Healthcare Reform - Though President Trump has continued to call for action on repeal and replace in the wake of the Senate’s failed vote at the end of July, congressional Republicans have been fairly muted...more
Originally posted in Bloomberg BNA’s Medicare Report, 28 MCR 96, 2/3/17. On November 1, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) - Final...more
Hospitals have long tried to expand their footprints by developing, or in many instances acquiring, physician practices and other medical operations to provide services beyond the immediate vicinity of the hospital’s campus....more