Medicare
Comparison of Final 2015 OPPS Addendum B With October 2014 Addendum B
Comparison of Final 2015 OPPS Addendum A with October 2014 Addendum A
CMS published in the Nov. 6 Federal Register the end-stage renal disease prospective payment system (PPS) final rule for calendar year 2015.
Signed into law on Oct. 6, the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 expands the reporting requirements for post-acute care (PAC) providers.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is pleased to support H.R. 5481, the Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2014. Your legislation requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make a necessary adjustment to how it implements the Medicare and Medicaid…
The recently released EHR Meaningful Use in 2014 Flexibility regulation addressed challenges in FY 2014. However, for hospitals, the challenges will remain in place at the start of FY 2015 (Oct. 1, 2014), when hospitals will be expected to meet all of the program requirements for the entire fiscal…
The undersigned organizations write to express immediate concerns confronting our respective members’ ability to successfully participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program in 2015 and we offer recommendations on increasing program flexibility.
Late Friday, Aug. 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice addressing the backlog of Medicare appeals for short stays.