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17 Nov 2008, 5:00 am
As a result of an outcry from local and state legislators and private citizens, CMS (the Center for Medicare Services) will release the names of more underperforming nursing homes. [read post]
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]
12 Feb 2010, 5:24 am by Todd Rodriguez
  In case you hadn't heard, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) instructed its contractors to put a 10 day hold on physician payments at the beginning of January. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 7:41 pm by Daniel E. Cummins
According to an April 5, 2010 online article by an Attorney Kathy Donovan for Claims magazine, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the planned April 1, 2010 implementation of the Medicare Secondary Payer Mandatory Reporting (MSP) has been pushed back to January 1, 2011.It was indicated that this postponement of the pending federal reporting requirement enables insurance companies the opportunity to learn… [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 10:00 am
The following recent update was released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on May 30, 2012, updating the original from December 16, 2011: Existing regulations at 42 CFR 424.510(e)(1)(2) require that at the time of enrollment, enrollment change request, or revalidation, providers and suppliers that expect to receive payment from Medicare for services provided must also agree to receive Medicare… [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 3:40 am by Robert Kraft
” The suit “alleges that such reliance by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) results in payment rates that undervalue the services of primary care doctors. [read post]
3 Aug 2018, 6:51 am by Debra A. McCurdy
CMS has issued its proposed rule to update Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System rates and policies for calendar year (CY) 2019. [read post]
On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”)released its Calendar Year (“CY”) 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (“ASC”) Payment System final rule. [read post]
16 Feb 2015, 3:19 pm
Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a delay in publication of the final rule on reporting and returning overpayments (a/k/a the 60-Day Rule). [read post]
16 Feb 2015, 3:19 pm
Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a delay in publication of the final rule on reporting and returning overpayments (a/k/a the 60-Day Rule). [read post]
On June 3, 2020, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Administrator Seema Verma announced adjustments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) models in light of the COVID-19 public health emergency. [read post]
30 Jul 2019, 8:42 am by Beth Graham
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has issued a final rule allowing the use of pre-dispute, binding arbitration agreements by nursing homes across the United States. [read post]
19 Jul 2019, 7:21 am by Eric Rich
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to cover acupuncture for Medicare patients with chronic low back pain who are enrolled participants either in clinical trials sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or in CMS-approved studies. [read post]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has confirmed that it expects to have a “temporary gap” in the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program (CBP) during calendar years 2010-2020. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 5:20 pm
  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (”CMS”) awarded a contract for this study to Research Triangle Institute International (”RTI”), which was previously awarded a contract in 2005 to evaluate the feasibility of developing patient and facility level characteristics for LTACHs that could distinguish LTACH patients from those treated in other acute care settings. [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 1:28 pm
The Obama Administration announced that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") Administrator, Donald Berwick, MD, would be stepping down on December 2. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 1:33 pm by Kurt Bratten
As we previously reported here and here, it was just a matter of time before the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially withdrew its rule requiring physician signatures on all laboratory requisitions for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests paid … Continue reading ? [read post]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially cancelled a planned program to require certain hospitals to participate in Medicare episode payment models (EPMs) for acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, and surgical hip/femur fracture treatment procedures furnished in designated areas of the country, along with a Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Incentive Payment Model. [read post]
18 Apr 2022, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
On April 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum stating that several COVID-19 blanket waivers for certain healthcare services will be ending soon. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 1:50 pm by Jon L. Gelman
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today terminated its contract with Fox Insurance Company. [read post]