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CMS Releases CY 2023 Outpatient and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS-1772-P),...more

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CMS Seeks to Establish Regulations Limiting Critical Access Hospital Location Requirement

Tucked into the recent proposed rule establishing Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) is a proposal to change the CoPs for critical access hospitals (CAHs). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more

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One Step Closer to a New Provider Type: CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation

On June 30, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited proposed rule establishing the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) would be required to meet...more

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CMS Issues FY 2022 IPPS Final Rule, Implements Medicare GME-Related Provisions

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In December 2021, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the second part of its FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule with Comment Period. Among other policies, the Final Rule...more

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CMS Finalizes Policies on Residency Positions and Organ Procurement Payment

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the Final Rule with a comment period for the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals; Changes to Medicare Graduate Medical...more

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CMS Releases CY 2022 OPPS and ASC Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 19, 2021, released its calendar year (CY) 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed...more

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CMS Seeks Comments on Requirements for Rural Emergency Hospitals as a New Medicare Provider Category

Under current Medicare program rules, Medicare does not recognize “freestanding emergency departments” or other non-hospital providers of emergency department services. Medicare will only pay for these services at facilities...more

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CMS Issues 2022 MPFS and QPP Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 13, 2021, released the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule, which also includes a number of provisions for the...more

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Telehealth Continues To Gain Traction – Now Via FCC Proposed Funding

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The growth of telehealth services took a significant step forward with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) announcement on July 10, 2019, of a three-year Connected Care Pilot Program (Pilot). The Notice of Proposed...more

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Federal Regulatory Developments Brewing in Telehealth

Two federal agencies – the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) – announced separate initiatives last week that stand to increase patient access to telehealth...more

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New Part B Drug Payment Model Proposed

On March 11, 2016, CMS proposed implementation of a new two-phase model for drugs reimbursed under Part B of the Medicare Program (“the Proposed Model”). Drugs reimbursed under Part B include drugs administered in hospital...more

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CMS Proposes Stark Law Amendments, Requests Comments on Whether Stark Law Is Barrier to Health Care Reform

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On July 8, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend its regulations implementing and interpreting the Stark Law (the Proposed Rule). 80 Fed. Reg. 41,686,...more

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CMS Issues CY 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

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On July 8, 2015, CMS issued its annual proposed rule outlining payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for CY 2016. In the proposed rule,...more

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CMS Releases 2016 Physician Fee Schedule

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Major changes to Stark law are ahead, including new exceptions for timeshare arrangements and employment of NPPs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule on July 8 for the 2016...more

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