As a year that upended healthcare comes to close, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has published insights into how health spending in 2019 differed from the year prior, shedding light on trends that may factor into the industry’s pandemic recovery.
The report, published in HealthAffairs, showed that last...Arizona News
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recommends re-opening facilities to provide non-emergent, non-COVID-19 healthcare.
The Trump administration said Monday that healthcare facilities in states that have seen enough of a decline in COVID-19 cases to reach the Phase II criteria for reopening their economies should begin...Arizona News
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed an increase in 2021 Medicare payments to inpatient rehab facilities (IFRs) by $270 million. The proposal also included a suggested 5% cap on wage index decreases.
Medicare spent approximately $8 billion on IRF care for beneficiaries -...Arizona News
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is now issuing several blanket waivers of certain provisions of the Stark Law, retroactive to Mar. 1, 2020, to ensure sufficient care is available for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
Stark Law prohibits physicians from referring patients for certain healthcare services...National News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) proposed to extend the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model for an additional three years.
Currently set to expire at the end of this year, the proposal would extend the Medicare bundled payment model until Dec. 2023. It provides participating providers with a fixed...CMS Rules
This year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement a lower physician supervision requirement for hospital outpatient therapeutic services. CMS has required direct supervision of services such as, chemotherapy and radiation therapy for the past decade.
The change was finalized in November 2019, making...National News
Many see an increased focus on social determinants of health (SDOH) as a promising strategy to a more efficient and effective healthcare system. But the first step is better data.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it is considering releasing potentially enlightening SDOH data they’ve collected as a part...
