This week’s Medicare updates include a revised fact sheet on Part D vaccines, billing guidelines for gender-specific services, a one-time change to the annual average 96-hour patient length of stay calculation for CAHs, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include a final rule on COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare staff, guidance on modifier -JZ, coverage guidelines for Alzheimer’s drugs, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include changes to COVID-19 vaccine codes, the July 2023 update to the ASC Payment System, instructions for the MPFS look-up tool, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include the July 2023 update to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System, educational materials on payment provisions for dental services, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include guidance on the COVID-19 public health emergency conclusion, the quarterly update to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include an FAQ on the PHE conclusion, a fact sheet on hospital price transparency enforcement updates, HCPCS application summaries and coding recommendations, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include two additions to the OIG’s Work Plan, the publication of Medicare-certified hospice and home health agency ownership data, and more!
CMS’ Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP) panel made numerous recommendations at its annual meeting August 19 for the agency to consider ahead of the release of the 2020 OPPS final rule—with the panel and other stakeholders urging CMS to be more transparent with its responses and release of data.