Hall Render

AUGUST 10, 2023

On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) PPS rule for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule increases the rate for IPPS payments by 3.3%

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Thu, 11/15/2018 - 20:38. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Approximately 60 million people live in rural areas – including millions of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. These changes, part of the implementation of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, are effective January 1, 2019. Jeremy.Booth@c….

Medicare 50

Medicare Medicare Payment Systems Medicaid 50

Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

On Friday, June 20, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (“PPS Rule”), which has since been published in the Federal Register and is currently open for comment. Speech Therapy 0.21

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicare Payment Systems Governance 52

AIHC

JANUARY 28, 2022

Medicare Uncompensated Care Payments & DSH Hospitals' charity care and bad debt, together known as uncompensated care, is used to calculate disproportionate-share hospital payments. This is calculated based on the hospital’s relative share of uncompensated care nationally.

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Medicare Medicare Hospitals Payment Systems 52

Hall Render

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

On November 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update Final Rule (“2024 Final Rule”), which has since been filed in the Federal Register. 7,872 2018 5,851 77.1% 7,589 2019 5,871 79.3%

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Medicare Medicare Payment Systems Medicaid 40

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2023

The latest data brief from ONC shows that 87% of office-based physicians used telemedicine in 2021 , compared to just 15% in 2018 – though the majority (53%) used if for less than 25% of their total visit volume. Health Payment Systems announced that PayMedix increases cash yield for healthcare organizations as much as 9.5%.

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Telemedicine Medicaid Medicaid Payment Systems 98

CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Tue, 11/27/2018 - 18:48. Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This Medicare.gov tool allows consumers to compare Medicare payments and copayments for certain procedures that are performed in both hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Seema Verma.

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