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26 Jun 2015, 7:21 pm
Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care The vast majority of health care takes place in the outpatient, or ambulatory, setting, and a growing body of research has identified and characterized factors that influence safety in office practice, the types of errors commonly encountered in ambulatory care and potential strategies for improving ambulatory safety. [read post]
27 Jul 2014, 11:13 pm
CMS has issued major proposed rules to update Medicare payment and other policies under the physician fee schedule (including proposed changes to Physician Payment Sunshine Act regulations), hospital outpatient prospective payment system, the ambulatory surgical center prospective payment system (PPS), the home health PPS, and the end-stage renal disease PPS (including provisions impacting DMEPOS reimbursement and coverage). [read post]
15 Oct 2015, 2:22 pm
Specifically, OMB is reviewing the final CMS rules to update the Medicare physician fee schedule, the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and ambulatory surgical center payment update, the home health PPS, and the end-stage renal disease PPS for CY 2016. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 12:21 pm
The Panel is charged with advising CMS on outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) ambulatory payment classification clinical integrity and weights, along with hospital outpatient therapeutic services supervision issues. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 12:49 pm
Foster the development of a national system of clinics and practices that function as ambulatory safety “laboratories. [read post]
29 Jul 2013, 6:20 pm
CMS has issued proposed rules to update Medicare payment and other policies under the physician fee schedule, hospital outpatient prospective payment system, the ambulatory surgical center prospective payment system (PPS), the end-stage renal disease PPS, and the home health PPS. [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 9:40 am
The purpose of the Panel is to advise CMS on the clinical integrity of the Ambulatory Payment Classification groups and their associated weights under the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system. [read post]
3 Nov 2015, 11:40 am
The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("HHS-OIG") has released its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2016. [read post]
10 Mar 2017, 4:27 am
Highmark, a not-for-profit insurer, went so far as to acquire an entire health system — West Penn Allegheny Health System — in April 2013. [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 9:10 am
” Among other things, the LSC requires that all existing high-rise buildings containing health care occupancies be protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 1:01 pm
CMS has issued several major Medicare payment rules for 2014, including rules updating reimbursement for hospital outpatient departments, ambulatory surgical centers, physicians and other Part B providers, end-stage renal disease facilities, durable medical equipment suppliers, and home health agencies. [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 9:30 am
A Survey of Mental Health Caregivers and Primary Care Workers," BMC Psychiatry, 16:336 (Sept. 2016) [open access]Related posts:- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (8 Sept. 2016)- Thematic Focus: Health (8 Sept. 2016)Tagged Publications. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 8:28 am
It’s a legal loophole some consider a fatal flaw in the state’s health system. [read post]
18 Dec 2020, 5:21 am
The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) recently released the 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Final Rule, which may be accessed here. [read post]
17 Sep 2013, 6:50 am
CMS also has released technical corrections to the CY 2014 proposed rule updating the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center payments. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 8:00 pm
The purpose of the Final Report is to recommend annual Medicare payment updates for the following nine Medicare fee-for-service (“FFS”) payment systems: hospitals, physicians, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient dialysis services, hospices, skilled nursing facilities, home health services, inpatient rehabilitation facility services and long-term acute care hospital services. [read post]
4 Dec 2020, 6:21 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has published the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (“ASC”) final rule for CY 2021. [read post]
22 Jul 2021, 12:27 pm
On Monday, July 19, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (“ASC”) proposed rule for Calendar Year (“CY”) 2022. [read post]
23 Nov 2021, 6:06 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued the CY 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Final Rule, which finalized Medicare payment rates for hospital outpatient and ASC services. [read post]
15 Nov 2023, 9:00 am
The CMS final rule represents an annual update to the Medicare payment system and includes updates to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and ASC payment rates, implementation of regulations aimed to improve hospital price transparency, and expansion of behavioral health services through the establishment of new payments and policies. [read post]
