On November 1, 2024, CMS issued a final rule with updates to the Medicare payment rates for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System for...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Final Rule with comment...more
CMS published its FY 2025 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule on August 1, 2024. Under this final rule, CMS is implementing several changes to its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting...more
On August 28, as part of its Fiscal Year 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM)...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) on Aug. 1, 2024....more
On July 31, 2024, CMS published a final rule updating the Medicare rates and policies applicable to inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs) under the IPF Prospective Payment System (PPS) and the IPF Quality Reporting Program...more
On July 31, 2024, CMS published a final rule updating the Medicare rates and policies applicable to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) under the IRF Prospective Payment System (PPS) and the IRF Quality Reporting...more
On July 30, 2024, CMS issued (CMS-1810-F), its final rule updating the Medicare hospice payment rates and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2025 (the Final Rule). Highlights of the Final Rule are below....more
On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates for certain acute care hospitals by a net 2.9% in fiscal year 2025, compared...more
On August 1, 2024, CMS filed a display copy of its final rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 pertaining to the Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) for general acute care hospitals and long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) (the...more
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
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On February 21, 2024, CMS published a transmittal on its website with instructions for Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to implement CMS’s final rule, issued June 9, 2023, concerning the treatment of the Part C days...more
It’s Thanksgiving week, so instead of eating eggs with your regs, you should sit back, relax and reflect on the regs you are thankful for as you eat your turkey legs (or whatever you enjoy on Thanksgiving). Many of the...more
On October 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Calendar Year (CY) 2024 final rule (CMS-1782-F). The rule finalizes minimal...more
On July 31, 2023, CMS issued its final rule updating the rates and Medicare payment policies under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) for FY 2024 (the Final Rule). The Final Rule also includes...more
On August 1, 2023, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Final Rule for FY 2024 (the Final Rule). In the Final Rule, CMS,...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Aug. 1, 2023, published its final rule for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective...more
Congress is officially in recess for the month of August and will return after Labor Day. On the regulatory front, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient...more
On July 27, 2023, CMS issued a final rule (Final Rule) which revises Medicare policies and rates for the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for the 2024 fiscal year (FY 2024). Among other...more
On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. The rule updates Medicare payment policies and quality reporting...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS or Agency) on April 10, 2023, published its annual proposed rule for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Aug. 1, 2022, released the final rule for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2023 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) payment system....more
On August 1, 2022, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Final Rule for FY 2023 (the Final Rule). In the Final Rule, CMS...more
In December 2021, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the second part of its FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule with Comment Period. Among other policies, the Final Rule...more