On April 18th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (2023) proposed Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule. See the press release here. CMS has provided a rule overview fact sheet and maternal health fact sheet relating to [...] Read More
On the evening of December 17, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a follow-up to its final rule, Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Final Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2022 Rates,[1],[2] which addresses policies that were proposed but [...] Read More
On the evening of October 28, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a press release, fact sheet, and an unpublished interim final rule with comment period (IFC) on its website related to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). The IFC interprets and implements CARES Act requirements regarding COVID-19 immunizations and treatments, [...] Read More
Tweet On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final FY 2020 payment rule for hospital inpatient departments and long-term care hospitals. The rule includes the payment update for both types of facilities as well as policies for new technology add-on payments, graduate medical education, and the hospital wage [...] Read More