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13 Jul 2018, 4:17 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed its annual update to Medicare home health prospective payment system (HHS PPS) rates for calendar year 2019, along with a broader case-mix methodology reform proposal that would be implemented beginning in 2020. [read post]
4 Nov 2021, 2:15 pm
On November 4, 2021, the Biden administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule requiring healthcare worker vaccinations. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 10:38 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering training resources to help providers learn about the electronic administrative simplification tools available through the CMS eHealth programs implemented as part of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification rules. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 10:38 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering training resources to help providers learn about the electronic administrative simplification tools available through the CMS eHealth programs implemented as part of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification rules. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 1:41 pm by admin
Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Eric Hargan and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma released a statement announcing that cost-sharing reductions (CSR) payments were to be immediately discontinued based on a legal opinion from the attorney general. [read post]
14 Aug 2019, 8:26 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published its proposed Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) rates and policies for calendar year 2020. [read post]
19 Jun 2019, 8:34 am by The Health Law Partners
On June 17, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a settlement option for certain IRF appeals pending at any of the four fee-for-service Medicare administrative appeals levels: the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), qualified independent contractor (QIC), the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), and/or the… [read post]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its proposed Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) rule for calendar year (CY) 2019. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 3:00 am
In rating a nursing home, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services take into consideration staffing levels, inspections by the Department of Health, as well as other Medicare and Medicaid quality measures. [read post]
24 Aug 2021, 1:10 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is encouraging QHP issuers and Exchange administrators to review their 2021 Quality Rating System (QRS) preview reports, QRS proof sheets, and QHP Enrollee Survey Quality Improvement Reports on the CMS Marketplace Quality Initiative (MQI) website by September 3. [read post]
19 Mar 2019, 11:30 am by Doyle, Barlow & Mazard PLLC
  First, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposes to change how insurance plans and PBMs conduct drug utilization management and structure drug formularies. [read post]
11 Jul 2012, 1:48 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rules and the public is free to comment on the changes throughout a 60-day period that ends September 4, 2012. [read post]
12 Nov 2015, 8:52 am by Debra A. McCurdy
On November 13, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is publishing its final rule updating the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System rates and policies for calendar year (CY) 2016. [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 9:43 am
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced implementation of a Final Rule intended to increase oversight of Medicare providers and enable recoveries from those health care providers that commit fraud and violate Medicare rules. [read post]
23 Feb 2023, 6:38 pm by Whitney Petrie and Matthew Loughran
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule on February 15, 2023 that would require Medicare-enrolled skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) and Medicaid-enrolled nursing facilities (“NFs”) to disclose additional ownership and management information to CMS and state Medicaid agencies. [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]
18 Oct 2018, 2:52 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The agenda also includes the anticipated timing of almost 200 pending and future HHS regulatory actions, the majority of which are Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regulations. [read post]
10 May 2018, 9:54 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published its proposed rule updating the Medicare acute inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2019. [read post]
12 Feb 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]