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[Webinar] Navigating the Challenges of Medical Debt Recovery - October 19th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

With Medical Debt Hitting $140 Billion, Hospitals Are Taking Action. How Can You Maximize Collections While Minimizing Risks? Find Out at a New Manatt Webinar... New research published in the Journal of the American...more

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CMS Publishes Correction to OPPS/ASC Proposed Rule

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On September 6, 2013, CMS published in the Federal Register a correction to its previously published annual Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems Proposed Rule for calendar...more

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CMS to Begin Implementing 25 Percent Threshold for LTCHs

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CMS, in its federal fiscal year (FFY) 2014 final rule, has allowed its five-year moratorium on the 25 percent threshold payment adjustment policy to expire. Following the lifting of this moratorium, LTCHs that admit more than...more

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IPPS Final Rule: CMS Addresses Allina Decision and Addresses New Medicare DSH Payment Calculations

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In the fiscal year 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2013, CMS took two steps of note regarding the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH)...more

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CMS Releases FY 2011 SSI Ratios

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CMS has released the FY 2011 SSI data for IPPS hospitals, LTCHs, and IRFs. This data will be used to determine the disproportionate share adjustment for hospitals and the low-income payment adjustment for IRFs for cost...more

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CMS Releases Final FFY 2014 IPPS Rule

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CMS has released its final federal fiscal year (FFY) 2014 prospective payment system (PPS) rule for inpatient stays in acute care and long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). The rule projects a net increase in operating payments to...more

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CMS Releases FY 2014 Hospital IPPS Final Rule

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On August 2, 2013, CMS released the annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule for FY 2014 (the “Final Rule”), effective for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2013....more

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DC Circuit Issues Latest DSH Decision, Reducing Reimbursements

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On June 11, 2013, the D.C. Circuit Court issued the latest ruling relating to the proper calculation of hospitals’ disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment, leading to potentially lower Medicare reimbursements related to...more

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MedPAC Recommends “Site-Neutral” Payment Policy

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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) June report to Congress contained several cost-cutting recommendations but one of the more significant ones was its proposal to move “immediately” to “site-neutral payment”...more

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OIG Recommends that CMS Establish a Hospital Transfer Payment Policy for Early Discharges to Hospice Care

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The OIG recently issued a report (A-01-12-00507) concerning the potential financial impact to Medicare Part A if CMS established a hospital transfer payment policy for early discharges to hospice care. The OIG explained that...more

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Bringing Sunlight to Healthcare Pricing: The CMS Release of Hospital Charge Data

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Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis once said that "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." The release of charges billed by some 3,337 Medicare hospitals for 100 of the most common inpatient diagnosis related...more

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The New DSH - Are You Supplying The Correct Data That Will Drive Your Payments?

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Effective October 1, 2013, CMS will begin paying disproportionate share hospitals differently. Congress ordered the change to the disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment payment methodology as part of the Patient...more

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