NGS Prior Authorization Program Recap
National Government Services (NGS) Prior Authorization Program Recap for Certain Hospital Outpatient Department Services Beginning July 1, 2020 [...]
CMS FAQs: Relocating Hospital Outpatient Departments
CMS Released FAQs Clarifying How to Relocate a Hospital Outpatient Department to the Patient’s Home CMS recently published [...]
House Introduces New Bill to Forgive Medicare Provider Loans
On June 22, 2020, a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives introduced H.R. 7292, possibly signaling some good news for [...]
HRSA Issues Guidance: 340B Eligibility
HRSA Issues New Guidance: New Hospital Locations Immediately 340B- Eligible HRSA has issued new, permanent guidance for when [...]
2021 Medicare Advantage & Part D Final Rule
Key Takeaways From CMS’s Contract Year 2021 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule Will modest incentives for [...]
Key Takeaways: CMS 2021 IPPS Rule
CMS’s FY 2021 Medicare IPPS and LTACH Proposed Rule: Key Takeaways CMS recently released the proposed rule for [...]
Site Neutral Payment Update
CMS to Repay Hospitals for 2019 Reductions, More Litigation to Follow. In a partial welcome sign for [...]
CMS Finalizes Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals
On Friday, November 15, 2019, CMS published the highly anticipated hospital price transparency final rule, originally proposed earlier this [...]
CMS Issues OPPS/MPFS Final Rules
The final CY 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“MPFS”) rules have been released [...]
CMS Is Exploring A.I. Are You?
Last week, CMS issued a Request for Information to “obtain input on how the agency can better use emerging [...]