This evening Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the FY 2020 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) and Quality Reporting Updates proposed rule. CMS proposes to update the IPF PPS market basket by 1.85 percent for FY 2020 and to rebase the IPF market basket to 2016 base year- stating that [...] Read More
When the federal government began requiring hospitals to post their prices at the beginning of this year, CMS Administrator Seema Verma praised the initiative and declared that revealing this financial information would “. . . empower patients.” Three months into the effort, do consumers have more transparency and choice, is there increased price competition among [...] Read More
On April 29th, Dr. Jennifer Lee, Virginia’s state Medicaid Director, will be the Northern Virginia Health Policy Forum's featured speaker. She will discuss how our home state is managing Medicaid expansion, addressing social determinants of health, and dealing with the opioid crisis as well as other topics. As the Director of the Department of Medical [...] Read More
Louisiana took a precedent-setting step last week to confront the costly public health challenges associated with the Hepatitis C virus, (HCV) at the same time embarking on a plan to eventually rid the state of HCV. Health policy experts nationwide are watching the innovative program, anticipating that it could provide a model for states nationwide. [...] Read More
As another year wraps up, we want to take a moment to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and a happy and healthy new year. In 2017, we will continue to help our readers navigate the changing healthcare policy and reimbursement landscape. We encourage you to follow our posts here as well as on Twitter […]
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