Thursday, July 24, 2025
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2025 Quality Conference Highlights
CMS hosted the 2025 Quality Conference on July 1–2, convening health care leaders, clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates from across the country. This year’s theme —“Make America Healthy: Improving Health Outcomes Through Prevention, Quality, and Safety,”— focused on practical strategies to reduce harm, improve outcomes, and modernize care delivery.
Read the full press release.
July 2025 Provider Specific Data for Public Use Files
CMS posted July 2025 provider specific data files in text and SAS formats for inpatient and outpatient providers.
Medicare Administrative Contractors maintain these files, which contain information that affects computations for the prospective payment system.
Compliance
Remote Patient Monitoring: Use & Bill Correctly
In a report, the Office of the Inspector General recommended additional oversight of remote patient monitoring in Medicare. About 43% of enrollees who received remote patient monitoring didn’t receive all 3 components, raising questions about whether it’s being used as intended.
Learn how to correctly use and bill for remote patient monitoring:
Publications & Multimedia
Hospice Fast Facts
CMS posted a new Hospice Fast Facts (PDF) sheet to inform the public about significant enhancements to address hospice fraud, including:
- What hospice fraud is
- How we’ve enhanced oversight
- What we’re doing to stop fraud
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