Site-Neutral Payment Proposals
Hospital leaders today urged their federal legislators to support certain provisions critical to patients and hospitals before adjourning this legislative session. Specifically, they urged federal legislators to continue to encourage the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide…
The rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could put hospitals and the physicians treating patients in outpatient departments at risk for violating fraud and abuse laws.
On July 6, CMS released its proposed rule for the 2017 outpatient prospective payment system.
These are model comments to guide you in crafting your own letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on its proposed rule for the calendar year 2017 outpatient prospective payment system. Comments may be submitted electronically at www.regulations.gov.
On July 6, CMS released the calendar year (CY) 2017 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS)/ambulatory surgical center (ASC) proposed rule. In addition to standard updates to the OPPS and ASC payment systems, the rule proposes to implement the site-neutral provisions of Section 603 of the…
The House Ways and Means Committee on May 24 approved by voice vote the AHA-supported Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R. 5273), which contains numerous provisions affecting hospitals.
Only a few days remain to gather signatures for bipartisan "Dear Colleague" letters circulating in the Senate and House urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to be flexible in implementing changes affecting off-campus hospital outpatient departments this summer.
Bipartisan Senate letter asks CMS for flexibility in implementing site-neutral HOPD changes