The Centers for Medicare And Medicaid Services (CMS), along with other federal agencies announced last month that the comment period for the proposed rules for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act has been extended from Oct. 2, 2023 to Oct. 17, 2023. The other federal agencies ...
Elimination of Medicaid Rebate Cap. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 eliminated the Medicaid rebate cap for single-source and innovator multiple-source drugs so that rebates would no longer be capped at 100% of the AMP. The Final Rule finalized correspondin...
The FY 2023 IRF PPS final rule doesn’t adopt the most recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) delineations, as was the case inFY 2022. Wage Index Cap CMS finalized permanent rules to its FY 2021 temporary policy of limiting year-over-year wage inde...
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 2025 PFS proposed rule extends existing virtual care payment rules and introduces new codes for digital therapeutics, highlighting virtual care's lasting role in healthcare.
CMS finalized regulations for rural emergency hospital (REH) provider type. A critical access hospital or rural hospital with no more than 50 beds is eligible to convert to an REH, if it has participated in Medicare as of the date of enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of...
August 7, 2023–Legal Alerts Timothy Cahill and Bryan Cockroft The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has announced its proposed rules for theHospital Outpatient Prospective Payment (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (“ASC”) Payment Systems, as well as its calendar ...
On 6 April 2025, the UK tax landscape for non-UK domiciliaries and new UK residents was radically altered, with the introduction of a new framework for taxing UK residents’ non-UK income and gains.For some, the new rules make the UK more attractive than ever. For others, the changes ...
On July 13, 2022, CMS issued a final rule timeline extension for a proposed rule entitled,Medicare and Medicaid Program; Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Efficiency, and Transparency Final Rule. Medicare final rules must be published no later than 3...
CMS Proposes Patient Safety Organization RegulationsRoss C. D'Emanuele