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In the February 1 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\(CMS\) published proposed changes to its direct graduate medical education \(DGME\) and indirect medical education \(IME\) payment policies related to the amount of time residents can spend in non-hospital settings…
Community hospitals can play an important role in the broad continuum of care for individuals who have behavioral health conditions.
On February 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) publishedproposed revisions to the Medicare wage index occupational mix survey to beused from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
On January 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) issued its long-expected proposal to carry out some of the 2.2 billion in administrative savings submitted by the administration last February in its budget plan for fiscal year 2007.
A spreadsheet comparing the changes in APC payment rates and weights from 2001-2007.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on September 29 released a final notice that included the fiscal year \(FY\) 2007 hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) final wage indices and payment rates