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CMS Issues FY 2021 IPPS and LTCH PPS Final Rule

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On Wednesday, September 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the FY 2021 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) final rule. The final rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on September 18 and most of its provisions will be effective … Continue reading

CMS Proposed Rule Includes Significant Changes to Medicare GME Funding

Photo of Andrew Roth (US)Photo of Thomas Dowdell (US)By Andrew Roth (US) and Thomas Dowdell (US) on Posted in General, News from DC, Regulatory
On May 11, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule. We previously reported on the hospital IPPS and LTCH PPS proposed changes. See link here . In this rulemaking, … Continue reading

CMS Issues FY 2021 Hospital IPPS and LTCH PPS Proposed Rule

Photo of Thomas Dowdell (US)By Thomas Dowdell (US) on Posted in Coronavirus, General, Regulatory
On May 11, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule. Under the proposed rule Medicare IPPS payment rates would increase an estimated net 3.1 percent for hospitals that successfully … Continue reading

CMS Publishes FY 2020 Medicare Hospital IPPS and LTCH PPS Final Rule

Photo of Thomas Dowdell (US)By Thomas Dowdell (US) on Posted in Regulatory
On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) final rule (CMS-1716-F). The final rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on August 16, … Continue reading

Health care reform discussions continue in U.S. Senate; CMS issues multiple rules relevant to payments to and policies for hospitals, hospices, and skilled nursing facilities

Photo of Thomas Dowdell (US)By Thomas Dowdell (US) on Posted in News from DC
On August 1, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Minority Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions announced that the committee will hold hearings the week of September 4th on actions that Congress could take in an attempt to stabilize and strengthen the individual insurance markets in … Continue reading

CMS issues ESRD and Home Health PPS final rules for CY 2016

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CMS issued two final rules on October 29, 2015 updating the Medicare prospective payment systems (PPS) for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and home health services, both effective January 1, 2016. Under the ESRD final rule, Medicare payments to both hospital-based and freestanding ESRD facilities are projected to increase by 0.2 percent, while Medicare payments to … Continue reading
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