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US District Court Rules Against Hospitals for 2020 in CMS Site Neutral…
In an opinion filed on December 16, 2019, and published by the American Hospital Association (AHA), U.S. District Judge Rosemary…
OIG Report Questions the Use of Medicare Advantage Chart Reviews
A recent report by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), “Billions in Estimated…
CMS Releases 2021 Medicare Advantage and Part D Changes
On January 6, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released Part I of its annual Advance Notice of…
HHS Releases Proposed Rules to Help Americans Waiting for Transplants
Toward the end of last year, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued several proposed rules,…
Analysis of Accountable Care Organizations Shows Significant Savings
A recent analysis found that accountable care organizations (ACOs) reduced Medicare spending by $755 million from 2013 to 2017.…
CMS Survey of 340B Drug Prices Garners Hospital Pushback
As reported initially by FierceHealthcare, hospitals are blasting the Trump administration’s move to survey them about drugs…
According to CMS 1,500 Hospitals Will Receive Bonus Payments in 2020
According to CMS, more than 1,500 participating hospitals will receive nearly $1.9 billion in bonuses for the fiscal year 2020…
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…