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27 Nov 2018, 2:41 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) rates and policies for calendar year 2019. [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 6:04 am
For example, one of our local hospitals, the Moses Cone Health Center, finds that about 10% of ER cases are related to dental issues.Nationally, more than 2.1 million people, the vast majority of them adults, showed up in ERs with dental pain in 2010, double the number just a decade prior, according to the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.Those ER visits for largely preventable issues cost the health system more than $2 billion that year. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 10:37 pm
Health care providers, employer and other health plan sponsors, individual Americans and their families, and others interested in health benefit and health care reform will want to keep a close eye on these and other developments as Congress continues to debate health care reform in the runup to the upcoming 2018 health benefit plan renewal and annual enrollment season and November’s mid-term elections. [read post]
20 Feb 2020, 9:04 pm
Non-ambulatory veal slaughtered in the Netherlands will no longer be exported to the United States. [read post]
9 Oct 2013, 12:59 pm
The shutdown also has hampered federal rulemaking activities; a lengthy shutdown could throw a wrench into CMS efforts to finalize annual Medicare payment rules for systems updated on calendar year basis (including the Medicare physician fee schedule, the hospital outpatient prospective payment system, and the ambulatory surgical center payment system), increasing uncertainty about major proposed policy changes. [read post]
17 Feb 2013, 11:43 pm
The provisions of the wide-ranging proposal would affect numerous policy areas; among other things, the proposed rule would: Revise the requirements ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) must meet in order to provide radiological services that are integral to procedures offered by the ASC and provide that a qualified doctor of medicine or osteopathy must supervise the provision of radiologic services (eliminating the requirement that ASCs meet the hospital condition of participation (CoP)… [read post]
30 Jul 2019, 12:17 pm
On July 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published three proposed rules for Calendar Year (CY) 2020: Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule; Proposed Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS); and End State Renal Disease (ESRD) and Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS)… [read post]
Caritas Christi: the Massachusetts AG releases a report with recommendations for the system's future
7 Mar 2008, 6:53 am
Carney should consider further developing, as well as expanding, services such as behavioral and ambulatory health, for which there may be a need in the community Carney serves. [read post]
24 Jun 2009, 2:53 am
Gresham's Law applies in health care, too. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 1:48 pm
Eliminate the ambulatory surgical center (ASC) and hospice payment update for 2018 and require ASCs to submit cost data. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 4:32 pm
Essential health benefits include, but are not limited to, emergency services, hospitalization, ambulatory patient services, mental health and substance use disorder services, maternity and newborn care, prescription drugs, laboratory services, chronic disease management, and pediatric services. [read post]
11 Aug 2021, 6:48 am
Health care facilities are defined as hospitals, specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, long-term care facilities, intermediate care facilities, residential substance abuse disorder treatment facilities, clinic-based settings, community-based health care settings, and registered health care service firms operating within New Jersey. [read post]
10 Dec 2008, 2:09 pm
Looking Ahead -- CMS is hosting meetings in February on applications for Medicare inpatient prospective payment system new technology add-on payments, hospital outpatient ambulatory payment classification groups, and genomic testing. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 3:07 pm
Health Information Technology: Improve the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System; and address fraud vulnerabilities in EHRs. [read post]
18 Jul 2016, 3:21 pm
CMS has published its proposed rule to update the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System rates and policies for CY 2017. [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 6:33 am
Congress should direct teliminate the home health market basket update for 2016, rebase rates, revise the home health case-mix system to rely on patient characteristics to set payment for therapy and nontherapy services, and expand medical review activities and exercise program integrity authorities. [read post]
27 May 2015, 12:25 pm
ONC’s January 2015 draft Interoperability Roadmap reflected ONC’s ten-year vision for a HIPAA-compliant interoperable health IT system. [read post]
12 Nov 2015, 8:52 am
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]
12 Sep 2010, 10:56 am
(k) "Ownership interest" or "investment interest" shall mean an interest through equity, debt, or other means, but shall not include ownership of investment securities, including shares or bonds, debentures, notes or other debt instruments, which were purchased on terms generally available to the public and which are in a corporation that is listed for trading on the New York stock exchange or on the American stock exchange, or is a national market system security traded… [read post]
15 Jul 2021, 1:13 pm
The ETS also provides that an employer must also follow the specific procedures with regard to HVAC systems to ensure proper air circulations and that the systems are cleaned, maintained, and cleared of any debris that may affect the function of the systems. [read post]
