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As a general rule, healthcare employers are required to pay employed physicians and other contracted providers fair market value (FMV) for their services, but many employers do not understand relevant regulatory standards. ...more
Earlier this spring, as part of its annual rulemaking process for hospices, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued several important regulatory proposals. In addition to the yearly update in hospice per...more
On March 21, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that a hospital lacked standing to challenge a decision of the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (the “PRRB”), since the hospital failed to...more
Deferring to CMS, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently upheld the agency’s treatment of hospitals’ payments to employees for wage index purposes. Atrium Medical Center v. U.S. Dept. of Health &...more
On August 4, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule updating the hospice wage index and payment rate for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 and adopting a number of payment reforms addressing concerns...more
CMS has changed the timetable in the wage index development process for FY 2015. The FY 2015 Hospital Wage Index Development Timetable and the preliminary wage index files can be found here (see alert for link)....more
CMS has released the Wage Index Development Timetable for FY 2015. This is the schedule that governs the review and corrections process for hospital wage index values. According to the Timetable, CMS will release two...more
The Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB) has issued a decision upholding CMS’s policy of not recognizing pension expenses for purposes of calculating the wage index unless such expenses are liquidated within one year. ...more