Medicare
HHS Federally Qualified Health Center Fact Sheet - April 2009
On March 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the much-anticipated proposed regulation for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which encourages the voluntary formation of accountable care organizations (ACOs).
On March 31, information on Medicare hospital-acquired conditions \(HACs\) will be publicly available for the first time. Unlike the display of other Hospital Compare measures, the data will be made available as an electronic file showing raw data and the rates for eight HACs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released recently the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP Final Rule on Additional Screening Requirements, Application Fees, Temporary Enrollment Moratoria, Payment
On January 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released a proposed regulation for the new hospital value-based purchasing \(VBP\) program. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 \(ACA\) established a Medicare VBP program to pay hospitals for their actual…
On November 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its final rule with comment period for calendar year \(CY\) 2011 with changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule \(PFS\) and other revisions under Medicare Part B.
On November 2, the CMS released the outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) final rule for calendar year\(CY\) 2011. This rule implements provisions enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 \(ACA\), including several policies…
On November 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) final rule for calendar year \(CY\) 2011. The final rule takes effect January 1, 2011.