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13 Aug 2018, 5:42 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently released a final rule that is meant to empower patients and reduce administrative burdens by advancing the MyHealthData and the CMS Patients Over Paperwork initiatives. [read post]
FY 2019 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Payments to Rise by $105 Million under Final Rule
10 Aug 2018, 10:06 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expects Medicare payments to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to increase by 1.3% ($105 million) in fiscal year (FY) 2019 under the final IRF prospective payment system (PPS) rule. [read post]
10 Aug 2018, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to update payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services rendered under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). [read post]
9 Aug 2018, 12:19 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its annual update to Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) PPS rates and policies for fiscal year (FY) 2019, without significant changes to the rule as proposed. [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 8:08 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its FY 2019 update to Medicare hospice rates and policies. [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 7:10 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined that it should extend for an additional six months its current moratoria on the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment of new home health agencies (HHAs) and Part B nonemergency ground ambulance suppliers in selected states. [read post]
6 Aug 2018, 6:26 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) plan, part of a complex 500-page proposed rule, could halt the public disclosure of the “super bug” MRSA, post-operative sepsis and surgical site infections, as well as accidents and injuries ranging from bedsores to respiratory failure after surgery.More than 600,000 hospital patients a year contract an infection and sepsis alone kills about 270,000 people a year. [read post]
3 Aug 2018, 12:46 pm
On Thursday, August 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its 2019 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Final Rule (the “2019 IPPS Final Rule”).[1] With the goal to reduce unnecessary administrative burden on physicians and other qualified practitioners, the 2019 IPPS Final Rule revises the requirement that an inpatient hospital… [read post]
3 Aug 2018, 6:51 am
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]
31 Jul 2018, 2:04 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is required to hold at least one hearing by the end of 2019 to solicit comments on the program from stakeholders. [read post]
31 Jul 2018, 6:00 am
Via email this morning:"[On Friday], July 27, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) [began] implementing a new policy that allows consumers to request same day Marketplace coverage termination (i.e., the termination takes effect on the date of their request) instead of the previous requirement to give 14 days prior notice. [read post]
26 Jul 2018, 2:58 pm
On July 25, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its 2019 Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system proposed rule. [read post]
26 Jul 2018, 7:38 am
On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its calendar year (CY) 2019 proposed rule for Medicare payment updates and proposed quality reporting changes for home health agencies (HHA) under the home health prospective payment system (HH PPS). [read post]
23 Jul 2018, 5:16 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its proposed Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) rule for calendar year (CY) 2019. [read post]
22 Jul 2018, 11:44 pm
Even then, the goal should always be the least invasive method for the shortest period possible (and always well-supervised). the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report restraint use in nursing homes dropped considerably in recent years, from 21.1 percent in 1991 to 5 percent in 2007. [read post]
22 Jul 2018, 11:44 pm
Even then, the goal should always be the least invasive method for the shortest period possible (and always well-supervised). the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report restraint use in nursing homes dropped considerably in recent years, from 21.1 percent in 1991 to 5 percent in 2007. [read post]
22 Jul 2018, 5:43 pm
"'Time spent on paperwork is time away from patients,' said Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [read post]
19 Jul 2018, 5:48 am
Regardless of how organized your practice and its operations are, the chances of being audited by Medicare are quite real, especially if you have a successful practice and submit high volume claims to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
19 Jul 2018, 5:48 am
Regardless of how organized your practice and its operations are, the chances of being audited by Medicare are quite real, especially if you have a successful practice and submit high volume claims to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
18 Jul 2018, 6:30 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is very specific regarding what can and should be included to gain its approval. [read post]
