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Supreme Court Holds that Those “Entitled to Supplemental Security Income Benefits” Means Receiving Cash Payment for Hospital DSH...

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Last week, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy, siding with the government and holding that, for purposes of the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) calculation,...more

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CMS Proposes Medicare Payment Policies for Hospital Inpatient Services for Federal Fiscal Year 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published the fiscal year (“FY”) 2026 proposed rule for Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) (the “Proposed Rule”). Comments to the Proposed Rule...more

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CMS Publishes Federal Fiscal Year 2026 Hospital Payment Proposed Rule

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On April 11, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its annual proposed rule for the federal fiscal year (“FFY”) 2026 inpatient prospective payment system (“IPPS”) and long-term care hospital...more

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CMS Issues Proposed FY 2026 PPS Rule for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities

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On April 11, 2025, CMS issued its fiscal year (FY) 2026 prospective payment system (PPS) proposed payment rule for inpatient psychiatric hospitals (IPFs). In addition to updating Medicare payment rates, adjustment factors,...more

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CMS Issues IPPS and LTCH Proposed Rule for FY 2026

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On Friday, April 11, 2025, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (the Proposed...more

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CMS Releases FY 2026 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule

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On April 11, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment...more

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Seventh Circuit Rules that Hospital Cannot Sue Their States to Enforce Medicaid Prompt Payment Obligations

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On March 14, 2025, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled en banc (i.e., in a decision by the full court) that a Chicago hospital cannot sue the State of Illinois for injunctive/declaratory relief that would compel the...more

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OIG Audit Finds That Medicare Could Achieve Significant Savings if Critical Access Hospital Payments for Swing-Bed Services Were...

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On January 3, 2025, OIG posted the results of an audit that found that Medicare could have saved $7.7 billion if critical access hospitals’ (CAH) payments for swing-bed services were similar to those of the fee-for-service...more

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Significant Changes Affecting Hospitals in CMS's FY 2025 IPPS Final Rule

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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

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

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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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OIG Report Details Weaknesses in Enforcement of Two-Midnight Rule

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CMS estimates that between 2017 and 2021, Medicare Part A improperly paid $23.9 billion for inpatient hospital stays, with $7.8 billion attributable to short stays that did not qualify for Medicare Part A. On June 13, 2024,...more

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Compliance with Medicare’s updated 2024 split (or shared) visit policy

Split (or shared) visits—the current term used by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—allow non-physician practitioners (NPPs) and physicians who work for the same employer/entity to share patient visits on the...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | November 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for November 2023. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the new General...more

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CMS Giveth and Taketh Away: The Long-Term Impact of the 340B Remedy Policy

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In the buffet of regs (and eggs) released a couple of weeks ago, the fried egg served up by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was the 340B Remedy Final Reg. Unlike the other final regs that will affect...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 13, 2023

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CONGRESS - House Republicans Working to Elect New Speaker. On October 11, House Majority Leader Scalise won the Republican Conference’s nomination to become Speaker of the House after last week’s motion to vacate Speaker...more

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Prior Authorization Reform in Healthcare: Winds of Change?

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Bob Dylan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the greatest American songwriters of all time, has effectively used wind as a metaphor in a number of songs he has written, each with its own distinct message....more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: August 4, 2023

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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

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Policy Update - CMS Releases FY 2024 IPPS Final Rule

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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

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CMS Releases CY 2024 OPPS and ASC Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS-1786-P),...more

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Policy Update - CMS Releases CY 2024 Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Proposed...

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On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems Proposed Rule [CMS-1786-P],...more

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Adding some spice to your compliance program

Every quarter, each acute care hospital that is paid under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System has access to an Excel workbook that contains valuable information about your hospital’s compliance with myriad Medicare...more

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CMS Proposes to Make Lump-Sum Payments to Hospitals for Underpayments for Drugs Purchased Through the 340B Program During...

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Last week CMS issued its anticipated proposed rule to implement the Supreme Court’s decision last year which ruled that CMS’ reduction in Medicare payments for Part B outpatient drugs purchased through the 340B program...more

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: July 10, 2023

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We hope that you, like Congress, enjoyed some time off last week and are ready to dive in—for a few days at least. As we previously reminded you, the House is only in session 12 days in July, then away for August recess, and...more

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CMS Releases Updates to Hospital Pricing Transparency Rule

On April 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a fact sheet on Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Updates (the “Fact Sheet”) under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (the “Rule”)....more

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HHS Ordered to Correct Medicare Payments to 340B Hospitals for Remainder of 2022

We have noted before the link between the Medicaid prescription drug rebate program and the 340B program. As we wrote in an earlier Client Alert, in June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down HHS’s Medicare payment cuts to...more

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