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Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Medicare Fee-For-Service Improper Payment Rate is Lowest Since 2010 while data points to concerns with Medicaid eligibility

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that the Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) improper payment rate has fallen yet again, and is at its lowest level since FY 2010.
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2019 Estimated Improper Payment Rates for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Programs

The Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA), as amended by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 and the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, requires CMS to periodically review programs it administers, identify programs that may be susceptible to significant improper payments, estimate the amount of improper payments, and report on the improper payment estimates and the Agency’s actions to reduce improper payments in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) annual Agency Financial Report (AFR)
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CY 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Policy Changes: Hospital Price Transparency Requirements (CMS-1717-F2)

On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized policies that follow directives in President Trump’s Executive Order, entitled “Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First,” that lay the foundation for a patient-driven healthcare system by making prices for items and services provided by all hospitals in the United States more transparent for patients so that they can be more informed about what they might pay for hospital items and services.
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Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule (CMS- 9915 –P)

Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule (CMS- 9915 –P)

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Federal Health Insurance Exchange Weekly Enrollment Snapshot: Week 2

In week two of the 2020 Open Enrollment, 754,967 people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform.
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CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s Speech to the National Association of Medicaid Directors in Washington, D.C

CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s Speech to the National Association of Medicaid Directors in Washington, D.C

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