Effective June 3, 2024, the Final Rule applies to coverage beginning on Jan. 1, 2025. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published aFinal Ruleon April 4, 2024, that makes a number of changes to regulations governing the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)...
Below is a brief summary with some takeaways from the content of the hospice final rule. The document: Estimates the overall economic impact to be $790 million in increased payments to hospices. Finalizes a hospice payment update of 2.9% ...
Under the physician fee schedule (PFS), average payment rates will reduce the conversion factor by 2.83% in 2025 compared to 2024 rates, resting at $32.35 in 2025 compared to $33.29 in 2024. The PFS final rule eliminates the temporary 2.93% increase in Medicare physician payments as...
CMS announced itsfinalCY 2025 OPPS and ASC payment rule, which includes policies aimed atsafeguarding maternal careand removing barriers to care for underserved communities. The final rule will also increase Medicare hospital outpatient facility and ambulatory surgical center payment rates ...
HCPCS Codes:CMS solicits comments on 73 new healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS) codes effective April 1, 2024, and 127 new HCPCS codes effective July 1, 2024. CMS will also solicit comments on HCPCS codes effective Oct. 1, 2024, and Jan. 1, 2025, in the Final Rule. ...
In its recent final rule for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), the CMS deferred action in response to the DC Circuit’s vacatur of its low wage index hospital policy and related budget neutrality adjustment in the case of ...
written consent for telemarketing viarobocallsor robotexts, withnew amendmentseffective January 27, 2025, requiring one-to-one consent for each seller. In their rule update, CMS specifically referenced the exact language the FCC used in their TCPA rule update regarding one-to-one consent...
While this has no direct impact on HOPDs and ASCs for the time being, the final rule suggests CMS will pursue such measures in outpatient settings in the future: “We are aware that elective primary THA/TKA procedures are increasingly occurring in hos...
Top Take-Aways From CMS’ Proposed 2025 OPPS and PFS Rules and Final IPPS Rule 11 September 2024 Back to top Authors Judith A. Waltz Sectors Health Care & Life Sciences Providers of Health Care Services Practice Areas Health Care Location Webinar Agenda 2-3:30 p...
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced it is finalizing new policies in the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule to strengthen primary care, expand access to pr...