Medicare
Congress is back in Washington, D.C., and sprinting to the finish line to complete its end-of-the-year work during the 鈥渓ame-duck鈥 session. Funding for the federal government, as well as other key health care provisions, are set to expire Dec. 11.
As urged by the AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave hospitals facing a surge in COVID-19 patients expanded flexibility to care for Medicare patients outside their walls.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule revising the requirements for organ procurement organizations that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, as required by an executive order last year.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 20 released an interim final rule implementing the Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model, a new payment model through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) that will cut Medicare Part B payments for certain drugs to the lowest鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Medicare coverage for monoclonal antibody therapies, with no beneficiary cost-sharing for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency. CMS said the coverage will apply to bamlanivimab, the Lilly therapeutic that earned an emergency鈥
Congress is back in Washington, D.C., for its 鈥渓ame-duck鈥 session, in which lawmakers will take up pressing, end-of-year business. Funding for the federal government, as well as other key health care provisions, are set to expire Dec. 11. It is imperative that we work to ensure that hospitals and鈥
Congress is back in Washington, D.C., for its 鈥渓ame-duck鈥 session, in which lawmakers will take up pressing, end-of-year business. Funding for the federal government, as well as other key health care provisions, are set to expire Dec. 11.
The Medicare Part A deductible for inpatient hospital services will increase by $76 in calendar year 2021, to $1,484, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a final rule that, among other updates and changes, allows certain new and innovative equipment and supplies used for home-based dialysis treatment of patients with End-Stage Renal Disease to qualify for an additional Medicare payment.
The AHA provided comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposed revision to the definition of 鈥渞easonable and necessary鈥 for purposes of Medicare coverage determinations.