1, 2024. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment rates on Nov. 2 for calendar year (CY) 2024. The Final Rule will be effective on Jan. 1, 2024. The Final Rule ...
and Prior Authorization Final Rule(Final Rule) on Jan. 17, 2024. The agency proposed the rule in December 2022 (See Holland & Knight's previousHealth Dose Blog, Dec. 13, 2022). CMS also issued apress releaseand published afact sheetthat provides an overview of the Final Rule. ...
In the proposed rule, CMS sought comments on a separate payment under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) to improve shortages of essential medicines with consideration under OPPS in the future. No policy changes were made in this final rule regarding access to a buffer stock of essen...
周六, 08/03/2024 - 20:39HHS Finalizes New Policies to Support Underserved Communities, Mitigate Drug Shortages, and Promote Safety 周三, 07/31/2024 - 17:32Fiscal Year 2025 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1804-F) ...
CMS also said in the proposed rule that it is developing Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation (HOPE), a hospice instrument for quality reporting. HOPE was finalized in theFY2020 Hospice Final Ruleand intends to improve hospice care by assessing patients in real-time versus using the Hospice ...
Following the close of the public comment period, CMS will issue a final rule in late October or early November ahead of the January 1, 2024 implementation. While the lengthy rule includes numerous provisions, most notably it would: 1. Reduce Medicare payment rates by 3.4 percent in 2024. ...
On September 23, 2013, CMS published a proposed rule to overhaul the payment methodology for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). The proposed rule will change FQHC reimbursement from an all inclusive rate (AIR), cost-based system to a prospective payment system (PPS), as required by ...
the proposed rule aims to improve access to behavioral healthcare services for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries. Previous regulations have established Medicare benefit categories for services provided by marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors. The2024 Physician Fee Sched...
“While people from all backgrounds can be diagnosed with ESRD, it is more common in minority and low-income populations,” a fact sheet on the proposed rule said. The agency wants to add a new Health Equity Incentive to the improvement scoring methodology that can determine the ...
CMS released the calendar year (CY) 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Final Rule.