The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission March 12 released its March 2026 report to Congress, which includes its recommended payment rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services by the current law amount for 2027 and a recommendation to distribute an additional $1 billion…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services March 11 issued guidance to state survey agency directors clarifying and reinforcing the roles and responsibilities of organ procurement organizations and hospitals in organ procurement and transplantation.
The Joint Economic Committee March 10 released a report that found Medicare Part B premiums rose last year due to Medicare Advantage overpayments.
Medicare pays most acute care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some of these hospitals receive additional support from Medicare to help address potential financial challenges associated with being rural, geographically isolated and low volume. These programs are Low-…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 25 released a request for information on potential regulatory changes in a possible future proposed rule called Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare, or CRUSH.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 23 announced the development of its Medicare App Library. As part of the agency’s Health Technology Ecosystem framework, the library will provide a directory for Medicare beneficiaries to access an array of patent-facing digital health tools…
The Congressional Budget Office has projected that the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will have sufficient funds to pay full benefits until 2040 — 12 years earlier than last year’s projection.
The AHA Feb. 17 submitted a comment letter responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule that would prohibit hospitals participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs from performing “sex-rejecting procedures” on individuals under 18 years of age.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Jan. 28 issued a proposed rule that would update the Medicare Conditions for Coverage for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs).
The AHA today submitted a comment letter responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule that would prohibit hospitals participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs from performing “sex-rejecting procedures” on individuals under 18 years of age.