On July 29, 2019, CMS published a proposed rule revising the factors for determining Medicare payment rates under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Payment...more
8/7/2019
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In a long-awaited ruling, on May 6, 2019, Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to vacate the Secretary’s CYs 2018 and 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)...more
5/15/2019
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On April 23, 2019, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for FY 2020 (the Proposed Rule), which will affect...more
4/30/2019
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In OIG Report No. A-01-17-00500 (the OIG Report), OIG allegedly identifies “significant vulnerabilities” in the wage index system that result in inappropriately-adjusted Medicare payments. The OIG Report recommends several...more