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Another Trip to the Buffet: Highlights from the CY 2025 OPPS Final Reg

As mentioned last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently put out a large buffet of regs – too many to digest in one blog post. While we focused on the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Physician Fee Schedule...more

Digesting the Huge Buffet of CMS Regs: Highlights from the CY 2025 PFS Final Reg

While we all are focused on the election results, let’s take a quick break to digest some regs and eggs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “spoiled” all of us in the health policy world with a huge buffet of...more

CMS Releases CY 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and ASC Payment Systems Final Rule

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems Final Rule [CMS-1809-F],...more

CMS Releases CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B...more

It’s the Final Countdown: Comparing the Last Regulatory Actions of the Biden and Trump Administrations

The election is approaching fast, and no matter who wins, there will be a change in administration come January 20, 2025. Thus, the Biden Administration is in the midst of making its final mark on priority healthcare...more

Regs Coming Through the End of the Year: Expect the Expected and the Unexpected

There could be an all-you-can-eat buffet of regs (and eggs) from now until the end of the year! As you may recall, a July 2024 Regs & Eggs blog post highlighted the spring 2024 “unified agenda” that listed all the regs...more

CMMI’s Accountable Care Strategy: A Perspective

McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts. October 10, 2024 – For several years, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid...more

CMS Issues Guidance to States on Children’s Access to Medicaid Coverage

Last week, the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released what it calls “historic” guidance to states on best practices for adherence to early and periodic...more

Reviews Are Mixed for Proposed Obstetrical Services CoP: Right Problem, Flawed Solution

As I mentioned last week, comments are in on major calendar year (CY) Medicare payment regulations. Besides the CY 2025 physician fee schedule, another big reg is the CY 2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)...more

Responses to the PFS Proposed Reg Are In: 10 Major Comments

McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts. September 19, 2024 – Comments on the calendar year (CY) 2025 physician fee...more

HHS, Labor, and Treasury Finalize Mental Health Parity Rule

On September 9, 2024, the US Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) finalized a rule titled Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction...more

Biden Administration Issues Final Reg on Mental Health Parity Requirements

Biden Administration Issues Final Reg on Mental Health Parity Requirements McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts....more

No Surprises Act Implementation Bumpy Period Reaches One-Year Mark

We are now in September! And while many folks are thinking about how summer has come and gone so quickly, those following the No Surprises Act implementation process may also be wondering how a whole year has passed since the...more

Performance Year 2023 MIPS Payment Adjustments: A Return to Normal

While the phrase “return to normal” is used in many different contexts, interestingly, it can now also be applied to the maximum payment adjustments that clinicians receive through the Merit-based Incentive Payment System...more

Hospitals, Take Note: CMS Adopts Changes to Medicare Rural Designations

Under Medicare, a plethora of policies directly correlate to whether the patient or provider is located in an urban or rural area when the service is delivered. These policies range from rules that limit coverage of...more

CMS Releases Final TCET Notice – Implications and Next Steps

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final procedural notice for the new Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies (TCET) pathway for certain US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)...more

CMMI Finalizes TEAM: Comparison of Proposed and Final Policies

The fiscal year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final regulation has been released! Embedded in this massive, 2,987-page final reg is a new episode-based payment model, called the Transforming Episode...more

CMS Releases FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Update

On August 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final update for fiscal year (FY) 2025, along with proposed policy and regulation changes....more

Legislative Uncertainty Slows Down, But Doesn’t Halt, Regulatory Action on Telehealth and Digital Health

Legislative Uncertainty on Telehealth Waivers Slows Down, But Doesn’t Halt, Regulatory Action on Virtual Care McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to...more

CMS Proposes New CoP for Obstetrical Services: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

In case you need a reminder given everything going on in Washington, DC, the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and CY 2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed regs were released a couple...more

The Budget Neutrality Paradox: Explaining the CY 2025 PFS Positive Budget Neutrality Adjustment

The major calendar year proposed regs are now out, with thousands of pages of text to digest. Since a plethora of issues are embedded in these regs, including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the...more

CMS Releases CY 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and ASC Payment Systems Proposed Rule

On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B...more

CMS Releases CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B...more

Regs, Regs and More Regs: The Biden Administration Releases Spring 2024 Unified Agenda

We are in the midst of a storm of regulations that are being released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more

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