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CMS Explores Use of AI to Improve Program Integrity Tools
Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a request for information (“RFI”) to obtain input on…
CMS Administrator Seema Verma Criticizes High Drug Launch Prices
At the recent Milken Institute’s Future of Health Summit in Washington, DC, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”)…
CMS Finalized Rule Banning Troubled Clinicians from Medicare
Several months ago we reported on CMS’ proposal in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that would allow federal officials an…
Health Coverage Transparency Proposed Rule Would Require Insurers to…
On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule entitled the Transparency…
Trump Administration Releases Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule
After a brief delay, the Trump administration published the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) Price…
Analysis of Hospital Chargemasters Shows Hospitals Have Room for…
As part of its cost transparency initiative, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (”CMS”) issued a final rule in 2018…
Physicians Disagree with Judge Who Struck Down Site-Neutral Payments
In September 2019, District of Columbia Federal Judge Rosemary Collyer issued a court ruling that struck down the Trump…
CMS Moves Forward with OPPS, Resulting in 340B Payment Changes
Despite a ruling from a federal judge earlier this year, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has…
2020 Physician Fee Schedule Includes Changes to Open Payments and CME…
As we reported in July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was proposing changes to the CME industry and Open…
2020 Physician Fee Schedule Organizational Comments around CME, Open…
Later this week or early next Week CMS will issue the 2020 Physician Fee Schedule. We have previously written about the proposed…