The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) report focuses on improving the Medicaid beneficiary experience through Medical Care Advisory Committees (MCACs), increasing the transparency and improving the monitoring of the denials and appeals process in Medicaid managed care, and a review of hospital payment policy for...CMS Rules
The FY 2024 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) rule was finalized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 1 and contains a shocking projected cut to disproportionate share hospitals (DSH).
For all hospitals, the rule provides...Arizona News
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) biannual report includes three topics of interest to Congress including (1) a lengthy, and eventually inconclusive, comparative analysis of residential care settings under HCBS and the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration program, (2) a discussion on policy...
At issue is the CMS rulemaking process and whether the agency must use notice and comment rather than issue its own interpretations of federal law.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a 2017 court ruling by Federal Appellate Judge Brett Kavanaugh after he ruled that when CMS changed its Medicare payment formula for...
HHS Secretary Alex Azar wants the high court to weigh in after lower courts side with hospitals over a 2017 CMS rule and FAQ guidance on Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments (DSH).
Azar is pushing back against a slew of court rulings that argued the federal agency skirted its responsibilities when it didn't follow notice and...