In a recently announced proposed rule (CMS-1679-P), CMS proposes to increase aggregate pay by $390 million in fiscal year (FY) 2018 for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). In a separate notice (CMS-1686-ANPRM), CMS is...more
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on October 4, 2016, estimating that a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to block the implementation of CMS’s proposed payment model for Part B drugs would cost...more
On September 8, 2016, CMS announced in a blogpost that new physician payment model reforms, established in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), will begin implementation on January 1, 2017, as...more
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