Hall Render

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (“Final Rule”) for calendar year (“CY”) 2024. Standards for benchmarking and data completeness for the Medicare CQM collection type will mirror the MIPS benchmarking and scoring policies.

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Hall Render

JULY 7, 2022

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) signed into law on December 27, 2020, created a new Medicare provider type called a Rural Emergency Hospital (“REH”). The Proposed Rule did not contain the details of the payment policies for REHs, which CMS will develop in separate notice and comment rulemaking.

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Hospitals Payment Systems Medicare Medicare 70

Hall Render

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Final Rule (“Final Rule”) on August 1, 2024. Background on Rural and Urban Delineations Medicare classifies hospitals by rural and urban status for a variety of payment purposes.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Final Rule (“Final Rule”) on August 1, 2024. Background on Rural and Urban Delineations Medicare classifies hospitals by rural and urban status for a variety of payment purposes.

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Medisys Compliance

APRIL 18, 2022

An Alternative Payment Model (APM) is a payment approach that gives added incentive payments to provide high-quality and cost-efficient care. During the 2022 QP Performance Period, eligible clinicians will be able to become Qualifying Alternative Payment Model Participant (QPs) through the All-Payer Combination Option.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 1, 2022

The proposed payment policies include an initial monthly facility fee of approximately $268,000 per month, which will adjust in future years based on a market-basket update. REHs would also get a 5 percent add-on to most outpatient payments. Proposed REH Payments. 5 Percent OPPS Increase. million per year) for 2023.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 10, 2023

In doing so, CMS will finalize changes to its rural floor wage index policy that can drastically change payments for certain hospitals and its extension of the wage index add-on for low-wage hospitals. CMS also uses the hospital wage index for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System. percentage points.

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