This month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued several noteworthy proposed Graduate Medical Education (GME) payment policies and opportunities in its fiscal year (FY) 2026 Medicare Inpatient Prospective...more
Teaching hospitals training over their graduate medical education (GME) caps have limited opportunities to receive additional funding from Medicare. ...more
1/14/2025
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CMS's FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (Final Rule) finalizes several noteworthy proposals related to graduate medical education (GME) payment opportunities. Below are the takeaways from the...more
8/26/2024
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has issued two Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) notices of funding opportunities for the academic year (AY) 2024-2025 and AY 2025-2026. These...more
8/26/2024
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CMS's FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) includes several noteworthy proposals and requests for information related to graduate medical education (GME) payment policies. Below...more
5/22/2024
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The CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (Final Rule) implemented several statutory extensions to COVID-19 telehealth waivers and flexibilities, finalized proposed policies, and extended an important telehealth...more
With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) ending on May 11th, providers and practitioners must carefully consider the dates when various telehealth waivers and flexibilities end. This requires understanding the...more
The FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule implements the three noteworthy Graduate Medical Education (GME) provisions included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA). As explained in...more
In addition to the key health care provisions included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (Stimulus Legislation) summarized in Baker Donelson's recent publication, the new legislation includes a few additional...more
In the fiscal year (FY) 2021 inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) final rule, CMS finalized policies to define more accurately "displaced residents" from closing hospitals and programs. By revising this definition,...more