Prospective Payment Systems (PPS)
Feb 10, 2021
QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether Chevron deference applies to a statutory interpretation question that determines both the lawfulness of agency action and the court’s jurisdiction.
Dec 3, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the calendar year 2021 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center final rule.
Oct 30, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule updating the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2021.
Oct 5, 2020
The AHA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2021.
Sep 3, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule for the long-term care hospital prospective payment system for fiscal year 2021. Under the rule, net payments for LTCHs will decrease by 1.1% (-$40 million) relative to FY 2020 payments.
Sep 3, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule that will increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.9% in fiscal year 2021, compared to FY 2020, for hospitals that are meaningful users of electronic health records and submit quality measure data.
Aug 24, 2020
The AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reverse its calendar year 2021 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update of 4.36% behavioral offset for the remainder of CY 2020 and beyond until all CY 2020 data are available for analysis.
Aug 18, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated its guidance related to the 20% inpatient prospective payment system diagnosis-related group rate add-on for patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
Aug 17, 2020
The AHA today issued a Regulatory Advisory summarizing the CMS' inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2021.
Aug 5, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday issued the final rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2021.