On Jan. 1, CMS will begin implementation of a new alternative payment system for select hospitals. The Transforming Episode Accountability Model will hold participating hospitals responsible for the ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 1, 2022, released the calendar year 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment ...
CMS has issued a document covering 44 answers to frequently asked questions about the new ASC payment system. Questions CMS addresses included what ASC procedures and services are payable when under ...
On July 15, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule to update the payment policies, payment rates, and other provisions for services furnished under the ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened up state applications for the five-year, $50 billion Rural ...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) discovered improper Medicare payments totaling $39.3 million to acute-care hospitals from 2016 to 2021. Changes to CMS' system significantly reduced Medicare ...
As we near the turnover of administrations, Health Affairs Forefront offers a series of articles from leaders at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services providing their thoughts on the major ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday it will “decertify” an organ transplant agency run by the ...
A World in Search of Accountability For decades, governments, corporations, and institutions across the globe have wrestled ...