Medicare

AHA's comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2022.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission issued its June report to Congress on refinements to Medicare payment systems and issues affecting the Medicare program, which includes recommendations approved by the commission in April.
Medicare will pay about $75 per dose to administer COVID-19 vaccines in a Medicare beneficiary’s home, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
The American Hospital Association comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2022.
AHA's comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ fiscal year (FY) 2022 proposed rule on the IRF prospective payment system (PPS).
The Government Accountability Office this week appointed two new members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and reappointed four current members.
The mission of each and every hospital in America is to serve the health care needs of the people in its community 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But, hospitals’ work is made more difficult by our fragmented health care system — a system that leaves millions of people unable to afford the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 27 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The rule affects inpatient PPS hospitals, critical access hospitals (CAHs), LTCHs and PPS-…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services delayed, from May 15 to Dec. 15, the effective date for its final rule codifying how it defines “reasonable and necessary” coverage for items and services furnished under Medicare Parts A and B.