by keith | Apr 18, 2022 | DSH, Medicare, News and Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its proposed inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule for fiscal year 2023, with changes that would impact reporting used to calculate Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments,...
by keith | Dec 27, 2021 | GME, Medicare, News and Updates, Rulemaking
On December 27, 2021, CMS finalized several Medicare graduate medical education (GME) policies, implementing changes required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA). Importantly, the rule establishes the process CMS will use to award 1,000 new resident...
by keith | Dec 10, 2021 | Legislation, Medicare, News and Updates
On December 10, 2021, President Bident signed into law legislation further delaying steep Medicare cuts that were slated to take effect in the new year. Specifically, the moratorium on 2% Medicare sequestration cuts has been extended until April 1, 2022; cuts will be...
by keith | Nov 19, 2021 | Medicare, News and Updates, Rulemaking
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and physician fee schedule rules for calendar year 2022. In the final OPPS rule, as proposed, CMS continued controversial reimbursement cuts of 30%...
by keith | Nov 12, 2021 | Medicare, News and Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released long-awaited guidance increasing flexibility for hospitals to enter into co-location arrangements. Historically, CMS disapproved of co-location arrangements, contending that they rendered hospitals...
by keith | Jul 19, 2021 | Medicare, Rulemaking
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its proposed outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) rule for calendar year 2022. To the disappointment of many in the hospital industry, the rule proposes to continue a pair of controversial...