Need help unpacking the final rules? Consult an Advisor The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule updating the Home Health Agencies (HHA) payment rates and policies for the calendar year (CY) 2025 Home Health prospective payment system (PPS). CMS estimates a 2.7...
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: CMS Releases SNF and IPPS Final Rules Below is Alston & Bird’sHealth Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health...
Healthcare Update: CMS Releases Proposed Rules for Outpatient Hospital Payments and Physician Payments; CMS Proposes Home Health Cuts; Debt Ceiling Agreement Could Include Healthcare CutsLeslie J. Levinson
Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has announced its proposed rules for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (“ASC”) Payment Systems, as well as its calendar year (CY) 2024 proposed Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”), (collectively the “Proposed ...
CMS defines a pseudo-patient as a person trained to participate in a role-play situation, or a computer-based mannequin device. CMS defines simulation as a training and assessment technique that mimics the reality of the home care environment. ...
Aside from the new digital therapeutics codes, the provisions in the 2025 PFS proposed rule that affect virtual care are largely continuations from previous PFS rules. For instance, CMS plans to continue allowing distant site practitioners to use their practice location instead of their home ...
CMS finalized permanent rules to its FY 2021 temporary policy of limiting year-over-year wage index decreases to 5%. As such, the FY 2023 wage index won’t be less than 95% of its final wage index for FY 2022. For subsequent years, a provider’s wage index won’t be less than 95%...
Theproposed rules,Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (Access NPRM)andManaged Care Access, Finance, and Quality (Managed Care NPRM), also include accountability standards and improvements tohome- and community-based services(HBCS) provided through Medicaid and the Children’s Hea...
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