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 [...]
Medicare Provider Enrollment Clarification & Updates
New requirement for CAH enrollment & Demystifying Medicare’s Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) Critical Access Hospital Medicare [...]
CMS Issues Proposed Changes for Home Health in 2020
CMS has published the proposed update for Calendar Year (CY) 2020 for Home Health Agencies. It looks like CMS [...]
Pharmacists Can Now Submit Claims for Healthcare Services in Washington and California
Credentialing with commercial payors for healthcare practitioners, including pharmacists in Washington and California, does not have to be such [...]
Price Transparency & Rate Increases: Key Points from CMS CY 2020 OPPS and MPFS Proposed Rules
On July 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its proposed rules for the CY 2020 [...]
Texting Patient Orders and Information: What’s Permissible to Remain Compliant?
Can I text it to you? CMS Clarifies When Texting Patient Information among Healthcare Providers is Compliant In a [...]
Regulatory Compliance: Off-campus Provider-based Hospital Outpatient Departments
Tip #1: Off-campus Provider-based Hospital Outpatient Departments May Still be Good Business The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 impacted [...]
CMS Announces New Uncompensated Care Audits For 2019
CMS has pushed to broaden the data hospitals must provide to substantiate their claims for uncompensated care for several [...]