The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed rules to update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2022. Additionally, this rule proposes to make permanent selected regulatory blanket waivers that were issued to Medicare-partici...
On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”)issuedits Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”) Final Rule. In this post, we sample some key highlights from the Final Rule.For more detail, take a look at ourprevious po...
Elucid Bioimaging, Inc. has announced a final rule from US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that will significantly increase the rei
Recognizing the advent of beta amyloid-targeted therapies for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has proposed eliminating coverage restrictions that limit amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) scans to
2022 proposed rule for 1 year, until July 18, 2023. The proposed rule would revise the Medicare and Medicaid long-term care facility requirements that CMS had identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome. The proposed rule also aims to increase the ability of health care profes...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on November 1, 2022, released the calendar year2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Final Rule. The Final Rule includes proposals to update payment rates, policies and regulat...
Comments on the Advance Notice are due by 6 p.m. ET on March 1, 2024, and CMS will announce the MA capitation rates and final payment policies for CY 2025 by April 1, 2024. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)releasedits Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for ...
CMS isproposingto increase Medicare hospital inpatient rates by $2.5 billion next fiscal year, in addition to bolstering the rural healthcare workforce and health equity reporting. The rate increase would apply to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) starting Oct. ...
The Final Rule includes proposals to update payment rates, policies and regulations affecting Medicare services furnished in hospital outpatient and ASC settings beginning on Jan. 1, 2023. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 1, 2022, released the calendar year...
The proposed rule includes several proposals impacting the Medicaid program,Children's Health Insurance Programand the Basic Health Program. These changes would further the goal of advancing health equity by addressing health disparities, CMS said. ...