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Omnibus Burden Reduction (Conditions of Participation) Final Rule CMS-3346-F
On September 26, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took action at President Trump’s direction to “cut the red tape,” by reducing unnecessary burden for American’s healthcare providers allowing them to focus on their priority – patients.
Fact Sheet CMS’ Discharge Planning Rule Supports Interoperability and Patient Preferences
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a final rule that empowers patients to make informed decisions about their care as they are discharged from acute care into post-acute care (PAC), a process called “discharge planning.”
Fact Sheet Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations Proposed Rule
On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Medicare physician self-referral law (often called the “Stark Law”), which has not been significantly updated since it was enacted in 1989.
Fact Sheet FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE 2020 OPEN ENROLLMENT
The Federal Health Insurance Exchange (also known as the Marketplace) Open Enrollment Period runs from November 1, 2019 to December 15, 2019, for coverage starting on January 1, 2020.
Fact Sheet CMS Finalizes Calendar Year 2020 Payment and Policy Changes for Home Health Agencies and Calendar Year 2021 Home Infusion Therapy Benefit
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule with comment period [CMS-1711-FC] that finalizes routine updates to the home health payment rates for calendar year (CY) 2020, in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements.
Fact Sheet CY2020 End-Stage Renal Disease/Durable Medical Equipment Final Rule (CMS 1713-F).
On October 31, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates payment policies and rates under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for renal dialysis services furnished to beneficiaries on or after January 1, 2020.
Fact Sheet CY 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1717-FC)
On November 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized policies that are consistent with the directives in President Trump’s Executive Order, entitled “Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation’s Seniors,” that aims to increase choices, encourage medical innovation, empower patients, and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse to protect seniors and taxpayers.
Fact Sheet Finalized Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2020
On November 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that includes updates to payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) effective on or after January 1, 2020.
Fact Sheet Remarks by Administrator Seema Verma at the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board Meeting
Remarks by Administrator Seema Verma at the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board Meeting
(As prepared for delivery – September 10, 2019)
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