News & Analysis

November 27, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include a variety of new initiatives aimed toward improved safety and quality at nursing homes, updated fact sheets on opt-in and voluntary reporting procedures for MIPS, a comment request on an information collection regarding the MOON, and more!

November 20, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include two rules on price transparency, updates to medical review requirements for SNFs, annual updates to the therapy code list, and more!

November 18, 2019
News & Insights

Expanded price transparency requirements are set to become reality for hospitals effective January 1, 2021. On November 15, CMS released a final rule that pushed ahead with many of the requirements originally included in the 2020 OPPS proposed rule.

November 13, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include a fact sheet on HIPAA privacy requirements, enrollment information for opioid treatment programs, implementation of end-stage renal disease payment rate updates, and more! 

November 6, 2019
News & Insights

Along with its annual updates to the inpatient-only list, the 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule finalized a proposal that will give hospitals a grace period to adjust internal policies for procedures recently removed from the inpatient-only list.

November 5, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, a proposed decision memo on genetic testing for cancer, and more!   

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