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CMS’s 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Would Slash Non-Excepted Provider-Based Department Payments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule on July 13, 2017. The proposed rule, among other things, proposes to cut Medicare payments for services...more

7/21/2017 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Comment Period , Health Care Providers , Medicare , Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) , Physician Fee Schedule , Physicians , Proposed Rules

Medicare Proposes Continued Relief for Critical Access and Rural Hospitals Through 2-Year Moratorium on Direct Supervision...

On July 13, 2017, CMS released a proposed rule as part of its 2018 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposals that is aimed at helping to reduce some of the burdens rural hospitals experience in recruiting physicians....more

7/19/2017 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Hospitals , Medicare , Moratorium , Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) , Physicians , Proposed Rules , Recruitment Incentives , Rural Health Care Providers , Supervision

New Medicare Proposals that Reduce Payment to Hospitals for 340B Drugs in 2018

On July 13, 2017, CMS released several proposed rules impacting health care, including the 2018 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule which, among other proposals, could have a significant impact on 340B...more

7/19/2017 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Congressional Investigations & Hearings , Health Care Providers , Hospitals , Medicare , OPPS , Prescription Drugs , Proposed Regulation , Section 340B

CMS continues to tinker with new physician Quality Payment Program created by MACRA

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an advanced copy of its latest proposed rule revising the Quality Payment Program created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The...more

6/22/2017 / Alternative Payment Models (APM) , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Comment Period , Health Care Providers , Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) , Medicare Part B , Proposed Rules

Expected Executive Order to take on High Drug Prices; Senate Committee Hears Recommendations on Drug Supply Chain from Experts

According to an article posted today on the BioCentury website, the Trump administration is drafting an executive order that will take on the high costs of pharmaceuticals by instructing “executive agencies to use value-based...more

6/16/2017 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Congressional Investigations & Hearings , Drug Pricing , Pharmaceutical Industry , Pharmaceutical Patents , Prescription Drugs , Section 340B , Supply Chain , Trump Administration

CMS Issues Proposed Rule Addressing Off-Campus Outpatient Departments

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its 2017 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule on July 14, 2016 (the Proposed Rule). In part, the Proposed Rule addresses CMS’s...more

7/15/2016 / Alternative Payment Models (APM) , Bipartisan Budget Act , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Comment Period , Health Care Providers , Hospitals , MPFS , Off-Campus Departments , OPPS , Physicians , Proposed Regulation , Section 340B

CMS Proposes Significant Revisions to Stark Law

In its CY 2016 physician fee schedule proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposes significant amendments and clarifications to the federal physician self-referral regulations, commonly known...more

7/24/2015 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Comment Period , Healthcare , Hospitals , Physician Fee Schedule , Physician-Owned Hospitals , Physicians , Stark Law

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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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