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Medical Device Parallel Review Program Made Permanent
A few months back, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced they are…
Providers May Have More Time to Submit Electronic Clinical Quality Measures
Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program and/or the…
CMS Releases Report to Congress on CMMI
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new report to Congress prepared by the CMS Innovation Center…
Newly Released CMS Payment Models – What is to Come?
Right before the inauguration of the new President, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new…
CMS Missing Critical QPP Infrastructure
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a report,…
Stark Law Regulatory Changes for 2017
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS finalized) the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule. This rule,…
A Review of CMS’ Hospital Compare Website
As we reported, in July CMS released its first-ever hospital quality star ratings on its Hospital Compare website. The overall…
The Future of CMMIs
The Affordable Care Act and the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) provided the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
Trump CMS Administrator Has Work Cut Out for Her
As we previously announced, President Elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Seema Verma, a private health policy consultant, to…
CMS Scraps Part B Demo
On Thursday, December 15, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services decided not to go forward with the agency’s…