On March 22, CMS announced that for providers participating in quality reporting programs the agency is granting extensions on reporting deadlines and allowing the omission of certain time periods for most program reporting. CMS released a programmatic chart explaining the
On October 31, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule with comment period that sets forth updates to the home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2020 and includes other
On July 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published two federal fiscal year 2020 final rules: (i) inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs) prospective payment system (PPS) and quality reporting updates; and (ii) skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) PPS and consolidated billing, including updates to the quality reporting program and value-based purchasing program.