Medicare
The AHA urges congressional leaders to include in year-end legislation provisions to extend the moratorium on Medicare sequester cuts and to prevent the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Statutory PAYGO) sequester from taking effect at the end of this session of Congress.
At least 93% of clinicians eligible to participate in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System earned a small positive adjustment in 2017 through 2019, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released premium and cost-sharing information for Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans for the 2022 calendar year.
The Department of Health and Human Services through June 30 has reduced by more than 79% its backlog of Medicare appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level, according to a status report the agency provided Tuesday to a federal court.
In a new blog, Kurt Hoppe, M.D., faculty member of the Mayo Clinic and member of the AHA’s Post-acute Steering Committee, explains the importance of post-acute care providers in the nation’s COVID-19 response and recovery, as well as the newest updates to the post-acute care payment model plan — of…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed repealing a final rule codifying how it defines “reasonable and necessary” coverage for items and services furnished under Medicare Parts A and B, which is scheduled to take effect Dec. 15.
Commenting today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ physician fee schedule rule for calendar year 2022, the AHA expressed appreciation for the agency’s proposals that support care delivery and patient outcomes by extending the timeline for certain programs and continuing others…
The House Ways and Means Committee today started its budget reconciliation markup of the Build Back Better Act, which will consider a number of health care provisions, including workforce issues; extending the expanded Affordable Care Act Marketplace premium tax credits from this year’s COVID-19…
CMS by Nov. 1 will begin reprocessing claims for outpatient clinic visit services provided at excepted off-campus provider-based departments.
The Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will have sufficient funds to pay full benefits until 2026, according to the latest annual report released by the Medicare Board of Trustees.