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CMS proposes Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System changes for 2019 (CMS-1695-P)
On July 25, 2018, CMS proposed changes that would encourage site-neutral payment between sites of services and make healthcare prices more transparent for patients so that they can be more informed about out-of-pocket costs.
Fact Sheet CMS proposes adoption of updated Life Safety Code
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced a proposed rule on the adoption of updated life safety code (LSC) that CMS would use in its ongoing work to ensure the health and safety of all patients, family and staff in every provider and supplier setting.
Fact Sheet CMS PROPOSES UPDATES TO THE WAGE INDEX AND PAYMENT RATES FOR THE MEDICARE HOSPICE BENEFIT
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MEDICARE PROPOSED PAYMENT RULE WOULD PROMOTE IMPROVED INPATIENT CARE
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for inpatient stays to general acute care hospitals paid under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) paid under the LTCH Prospective Payment System (PPS).
Press Release CMS ANNOUNCES POLICY AND PAYMENT RATE CHANGES FOR INPATIENT STAYS IN ACUTE CARE ANDLONG-TERM CARE HOSPITALS IN FISCAL 2010
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CMS PROPOSES POLICY AND PAYMENT RATE CHANGES FOR INPATIENT STAYS IN ACUTE CARE AND LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITALS IN FY 2010
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CMS ANNOUNCES SITES FOR A DEMONSTRATION TO ENCOURAGE GREATER COLLABORATION AND IMPROVE QUALITY USING BUNDLED HOSPITAL PAYMENT
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MAJORITY OF NATIONS ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS MEET QUALITY REPORTING GOALS, WILL RECEIVE FULL RATE INCREASE NEXT YEAR
The vast majority of the nation’s hospitals are reporting valuable data about the quality of the care they provide to Medicare beneficiaries and will receive a full payment rate increase of 3.3 percent next year according to an announcement today by Kerry Weems, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Press Release CMS ISSUES GUIDANCE ON HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES REQUIREMENTS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance today clarifying the responsibility of hospitals provide emergency services if they participate in the Medicare program.
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