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On April 27, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled the much-anticipated (and, for some, feared) proposal to implement the physician payment reforms required under the Medicare Access to...more
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The House Ways and Means Committee next week is expected to consider and approve the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016, legislation that would create broader exceptions under much maligned...more
On November 16, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released final regulations implementing the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, its five-year mandatory bundled payment program for hip and...more
On October 28, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that, if enacted, would, among other things, substantially alter how and how much Medicare pays for outpatient services furnished by hospitals. The...more
10/30/2015
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued the federal Fiscal Year 2015 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule, which contains a proposal to implement new metropolitan areas...more
On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2014 (the Budget). The President reiterated his long-standing goal of reducing the deficit by $4.3 trillion over 10 years and his...more
4/19/2013
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released both a “ruling” and a proposed rule intended to address growing concern among hospitals about billing Medicare Part B following a medical necessity...more