Tag archives: Bipartisan Budget Act

CMS publishes CY 2019 Home Health and Home Infusion Therapy final rule

By Thomas Dowdell (US) and Sarah Jean Kilker (US) on November 2, 2018 Posted in News from DC

Earlier this summer the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its Calendar Year (CY) 2019 home health agency (HHA) and home infusion therapy supplier payment updates proposed rule. On October 31, CMS published its CY 2019 final rule, which alters Medicare quality and payment reporting processes for HHAs under the Home Health Prospective … Continue reading

CMS issues CY 2019 home health proposed rule

By Thomas Dowdell (US) on July 26, 2018 Posted in Regulatory

On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its calendar year (CY) 2019 proposed rule for Medicare payment updates and proposed quality reporting changes for home health agencies (HHA) under the home health prospective payment system (HH PPS). CMS proposes certain changes to Medicare payment and quality reporting standards for … Continue reading

Budget Act codifies Stark liberalizations

By Thomas Dowdell (US) and Joseph Keillor (US) on February 20, 2018 Posted in News from DC, Regulatory

As we previously reported, on February 9, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives approved the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (the “Act”) and President Trump subsequently signed the bill into law. Section 50404 of the Act includes several amendments to the Stark Law. Specifically, Section 50404 endorses recent liberalizations of the Stark Law requirements … Continue reading

Senate approves budget agreement including alternative payment system for new provider-based, off-campus hospital outpatient departments

By Thomas Dowdell (US) and Mark Faccenda (US) on October 30, 2015 Posted in Regulatory

On October 30, the Senate voted to approve the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Act) that would provide for a two-year budget agreement between the White House and Congress. Notably, section 603 of the Act would reduce Medicare payments to newly-enrolled provider-based, off-campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs), off-campus defined as a facility that is more … Continue reading

Pending budget agreement includes alternative payment system for new provider-based, off-campus hospital outpatient departments

By on October 28, 2015 Posted in Regulatory

On October 26, House Republican leaders introduced the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Act) that would provide for a two-year budget agreement between the White House and Congress. Notably, section 603 of the Act would reduce Medicare payments to newly-enrolled provider-based, off-campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs), off-campus defined as a facility that is more than … Continue reading