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The Senate earlier today voted 64 to 35 to pass legislation to raise the nation’s debt limit and set spending targets for the federal budget for the next two fiscal years. Site-neutral payments for new provider-based hospital outpatient departments are included in the legislation. Senate…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule requiring states to submit plans to monitor access to care for Medicaid beneficiaries, and establishing new review procedures for proposed rate changes in the Medicaid fee-for-service program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule revising discharge planning requirements for hospitals (including long-term care hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation facilities), critical access hospitals and home health agencies that participate in the Medicare…
The House of Representatives yesterday voted 266-167 to pass legislation to raise the nation’s debt limit and set spending targets for the federal budget for the next two fiscal years. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would extend the debt ceiling to March 2017 and raise the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the final rule for the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2016, which, after all policy changes, will reduce home health payments by 1.4% from 2015 payment levels, a $260 million decrease. CMS finalized a 2.3…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule that increases overall Medicare payments to end-stage renal disease facilities by 0.2% in calendar year 2016. Hospital-based facilities will see a 0.2% increase.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today said that “claims are processing normally” following the Oct. 1 transition to ICD-10. CMS released data from Oct. 1 through Oct. 27 for Medicare fee-for-service claims that were submitted, rejected and denied, and the results are…
The AHA strongly supports proposed revisions to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ 1996 model state legislation for health plan network adequacy that would help address problems that consumers and health care providers face with respect to the adequacy and transparency of…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General today finalized waivers from fraud and abuse rules for Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
The Department of Veterans Affairs today issued a final rule for the Veterans Choice Program, which continues to use driving distance to determine the distance between a veteran’s residence and the nearest VA medical facility.