CMS's FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) includes several noteworthy proposals and requests for information related to graduate medical education (GME) payment policies. Below...more
Under section 1135(b)(5) waiver authority, CMS once again extended the submission deadline for both new Medicare graduate medical education (GME) affiliation agreements and amendments to existing Medicare GME affiliation...more
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing massive disruption and adjustment to patient care, including to hospitals’ graduate medical education (GME) programs. Decisions about the operation of these programs need to consider the ACGME...more
Each year when CMS publishes its proposed changes to the IPPS Rule, it suggests a number of graduate medical education (GME) and indirect medical education (IME) reforms. This year has been no different. As part of the IPPS...more
In recently released decisions, the PRRB and the CMS Administrator addressed a number of issues of interest to many providers. Short summaries of those decisions are provided below. ...more