As part of its Patients Over Paperwork initiative, CMS is collecting public input on ways to reduce unnecessary administrative and regulatory burden.Read More »
CMS modified its proposal to expand prior authorization and step therapy to protected classes of drugs for Part D and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, according to a final rule released May 16.Read More »
U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras last week reaffirmed that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) exceeded its authority when it made 2018 payment cuts to outpatient hospitals for certain drugs purchased through the 340B drug pricing program, and extended the ruling to 2019...Read More »
CMS’ fiscal year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule, released April 23, includes a proposed increase to hospital payment rates, annual ICD-10-CM/PCS code update proposals, and significant changes to complication or comorbidity (CC)/major complication or...Read More »
CMS published the FY 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule on April 23, introducing policies designed to significantly alter rural health payments and expedite opportunities to pay for new technology.Read More »
Representatives from CMS and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) discussed hot topics and focus areas at HCCA's 2019 Compliance Institute in Boston, including developing interactive documentation checklists, potential changes to Stark Law this year, and methods to address the high rate of...Read More »
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a detailed overview on March 11 of its fiscal year 2020 budget, as HHS Secretary Alex Azar prepared for a gauntlet of hearings on Capitol Hill about the proposal.Read More »
