Health Law Attorney

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services ( CMS ) recently released the 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System ( OPPS ) and Ambulatory Surgical Center ( ASC ) Final Rule, which may be accessed here.

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Verisys

JUNE 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services : The US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule update concerning guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities (LTC) and Intermediate Care for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID). All are effective July 5, 2023.

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Hall Render

MARCH 1, 2023

Following this reporting, impacted providers and teaching hospitals will have until May 15, 2023, to review reported payments and investments and to dispute any incorrect reports. During the Dispute Period, Covered Recipients may use CMS’ Open Payments system to formally dispute any information they believe is incorrect.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 1, 2022

The proposed payment policies come just a few weeks after CMS released proposed regulations addressing the Conditions of Participation (“CoPs”) that a provider will need to meet to qualify as an REH. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) signed into law on December 27, 2020, established the new REH provider type.

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C&M Health Law

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The regulations impact CMS-regulated payers and provide incentives for providers and hospitals that participate in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Most of the Proposed Rule’s provisions will be effective on January 1, 2026. Our initial takeaways are summarized below.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Noncompliance with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule The Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule (“the final rule”) was published in November 2019 and went into effect on January 2021. Since January, 2021, articles and studies have revealed the lack of compliance, bringing this issue to the attention of Congress.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

On July 26, 2022, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (“CMS”) published the 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OOPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center Payment System Proposed Rule. Background.

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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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Hall Render

JUNE 22, 2022

On Friday, June 17, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (“PPS Rule”). CMS’s data shows a downward trend in utilization in 2020 but then an increase in utilization in 2021.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes indicates that in 2021 the U.S. In 1983 Medicare shifted to the inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) and DRGs (Diagnostic Related Groups) and only paying a limited number of days to the hospital regardless of the actual length of stay.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 29, 2024

On August 28, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the Fiscal Year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Final Rule (“Final Rule”), which can be found here. The Final Rule finalizes CMS’s policy proposal to implement this distribution.

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C&M Health Law

AUGUST 10, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and enacts changes to the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program beginning in FY 2023.

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Physician Credentialing Company

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Medicare and Medicaid may have different payment systems from those of the private health insurance plans. The lack of documentation may result in an audit, leading to claim denial and fines for noncompliance with Medicare and Medicaid regulations. 2021: $103.28 between 2020 to 2021. 2022: $112.29

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Hall Render

AUGUST 27, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) will publish the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Final Rule (“Final Rule”) in the Federal Register on August 28 with an effective date of October 1, 2024.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes indicates that in 2021 the U.S. In 1983 Medicare shifted to the inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) and DRGs (Diagnostic Related Groups) and only paying a limited number of days to the hospital regardless of the actual length of stay.

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Health Care Law Brief

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rules for the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS Final Rule) and 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (OPPS Final Rule). 39104 (July 23, 2021).

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

In May 2021, CMS issued an interim final rule that required SNFs to educate staff and residents on the risks and benefits of COVID vaccination and to offer or assist in accessing COVID vaccination for staff and residents. CMS ended several of the SNF blanket waivers in 2021 and 2022. COVID Vaccine Education. COVID Staff Vaccine.

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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

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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. 7,215 2021 5,532 77.5% 7,872 2018 5,851 77.1%

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Redox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Unfortunately, despite this good news, there are still major technological and logistic hurdles between now and us all meeting up at HIMSS 2021 like “Wow, what a year that was, huh?”. As we barrel towards 2021, though, this infrastructure is only just coming into place. We are well on our way back towards normalcy, right?

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The No Surprises Act, in addition to recent revisions to existing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) price transparency regulations 1 and a policy push by President Biden 2 , aims to continue the trend toward more patient-centric healthcare that makes it easier for patients to navigate the inherent complexity. About Ogi C.

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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

The end of the PHE has a significant impact on skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) as it ends the remaining regulatory blanket waivers, revisits resident Medicaid eligibility and changes many COVID regulations that were issued during the PHE. CMS ended several of the SNF blanket waivers in 2021 and 2022. COVID Vaccine Education.

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Health Law Advisor

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Announced in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) will be a new type of Medicare provider starting January 1, 2023. Under the OPPS Final Rule, REHs will be paid both on a per-service basis at an OPPS +5% rate and a monthly facility payment.

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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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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

million in 2021, more than the hospital spent on charity care in three years Could telehealth be the solution for the nursing shortage in hospitals? Jefferson Health thinks so Financially struggling rural Pa. hospital creates GoFundMe page with $1.5M

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

health-tech startup MemoryWell pivots, eyes new funding to roll out software for insurers Department of Veterans Affairs health system kicks off multiyear Greater Washington expansion Georgetown to open Southeast D.C.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 29, 2022

The watchdogs also recommended imposing limits on home-based “health assessments,” arguing these visits can artificially inflate payments to plans without offering patients appropriate care. Enrollment more than doubled over the past decade, reaching nearly 27 million people in 2021. Bliss said Medicare paid $2.6

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