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5 Nov 2018, 3:06 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final calendar year 2019 Medicare home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) rule boosts rates by 2.2% next year and ushers in broader case-mix methodology reforms for 2020. [read post]
5 Aug 2008, 3:29 pm
At the same time, even for traditional reimbursement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) increasingly is demanding evidence of effectiveness in the Medicare population, rather than simply in the general population, to support a coverage decision. [read post]
12 May 2017, 12:17 pm by Brenda Boschetto
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) believes that provider education plays an important role in ensuring payments are made properly; CMS has delegated authority for provider education to the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). [read post]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its final Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) rule for calendar year (CY) 2019. [read post]
31 Dec 2015, 10:22 am by Todd Rodriguez
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a new tool designed to give providers and consumers insight into Medicare drug spending. [read post]
31 Dec 2015, 10:22 am by Todd Rodriguez
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a new tool designed to give providers and consumers insight into Medicare drug spending. [read post]
7 Sep 2021, 6:23 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
While Medicare Part C plans are administered by private insurers, original Medicare is administered by a myriad of federal contractors that are overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
14 Nov 2019, 10:10 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the methodology and data sources it will use to determine 2019 and 2020 federal payment amounts to individual states that establish a Basic Health Program (BHP) under the Affordable Care Act. [read post]
22 Mar 2019, 4:11 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) have finalized changes to State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) regulations to reflect statutory changes and policies adopted since the MFCU rules were first issued in 1978. [read post]
18 May 2012, 1:18 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is recommending a “strong response” to improve Medicare Part D oversight of retail pharmacy prescriptions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) based on findings of a recent study. [read post]
Signals Trump Administration’s About-Face on Obama-Era Mandatory Innovation Models The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just released a proposed rule to cancel a significant — but still-pending — Obama Administration program that would require certain hospitals to participate in Medicare episode payment models (EPMs) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), and surgical hip/femur… [read post]
26 Dec 2019, 12:29 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the final Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule (CLFS) rates for 2020. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 1:25 pm
Recently, on June 1, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its long anticipated Medicaid managed care proposed rules. [read post]
19 Dec 2008, 5:56 pm
Nursing Home Compare, a five-star rating system used to rate nursing homes nationwide, has been updated and upgraded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 12:36 pm
According to a press release, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") announced that it will be awarding $9 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") to Senior Medicare Patrol ("SMP") programs across the country tasked at fighting Medicare fraud. [read post]
25 Mar 2022, 3:08 pm by Caitlin Lentz
Given the increased use of telehealth during the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) passed a final rule modifying the rules around when Medicare will reimburse for mental health visits. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 12:21 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The annual Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment meeting will be held on August 19-20, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced. [read post]
25 Mar 2021, 6:07 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
On March 15, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will increase the amount Medicare pays providers for administering the COVID-19 vaccine. [read post]
5 Jan 2009, 2:59 pm by Deirdre R. Wheatley-Liss, Esq.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to consolidate three Medicaid-supported home and community-based service programs currently operated by DHSS into a single program known as Global Options (GO) for Long Term Care. [read post]
5 Jan 2009, 2:59 pm by Deirdre R. Wheatley-Liss, Esq.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to consolidate three Medicaid-supported home and community-based service programs currently operated by DHSS into a single program known as Global Options (GO) for Long Term Care. [read post]