On February 21, 2024, CMS published a transmittal on its website with instructions for Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to implement CMS’s final rule, issued June 9, 2023, concerning the treatment of the Part C days...more
Last week, CMS announced on its website that for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2019, providers must comply with a so-called “longstanding” rule to claim reimbursement for crossover bad debts from the...more
In the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rulemaking for fiscal year (FY) 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) announced that it would begin auditing the charity care and bad debt costs...more