Last week, over seventy bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter urging CMS to reverse proposed cuts in the CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule (the PFS Proposed Rule)...more
On April 1, 2021, CMS announced that it began recovering COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments (CAAPs) from Medicare providers and suppliers as early as March 30, 2021. Repayments begin one year from the date CMS...more
Medicare beneficiaries will not have to pay out-of-pocket costs for coverage of monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 during the public health emergency, CMS announced on November 10, 2020. The agency’s coverage will apply...more
HHS announced on August 25, 2020 that, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS has awarded over $117 million in quality improvement awards to 1,318 health centers. HRSA-funded health centers...more
HHS has issued new guidance, effective July 15, changing the protocol for how hospitals are required to report COVID-19 data to the federal government. Previously, hospitals reported data to the Centers for Disease Control...more
On June 3, 2020, CMS announced changes to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) value-based care payment models. Notably, the changes include delaying the start date for new models that would test government...more