CMS Releases Proposed Rule for 2026 ESRD PPS - As the nephrology organization representing the specialty on socioeconomic and physician practice issues, the Renal Physicians Association analyzes and disseminates...more
On Nov. 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that will increase payments to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities in calendar year 2025. The ESRD prospective payment system (PPS)...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Aug. 1, 2023, published its final rule for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective...more
On November 4, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the calendar year 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate final rule, which updates Medicare payment policies and rates for home...more
On August 2, 2021, CMS published the Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) final rule for federal fiscal year (FY) 2022. The final...more
On April 15, 2021, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) and Updates...more
The Calendar Year (CY) 2021 final rule updating the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) includes increases in the national, standardized 30-day period payment and per-visit payment for home health agencies (HHAs)...more
On October 31, 2019, CMS issued a final rule with comment period (Final Rule), CMS-1711-FC, updating the payment rates for home health agencies (HHAs) for calendar year (CY) 2020...more
Alston & Bird’s Week in Review provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and Congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health...more
CMS has issued proposed payment rules for CY 2019 that hold significant implications for telehealth coverage and reimbursement. In the Proposed 2019 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rule (Proposed HH PPS Rule),...more
On May 8, 2018, in its Fiscal Year 2019 (FY 2019) Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Proposed Rule, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new case-mix classification system...more
On July 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual proposed rule outlining both payment and policy changes for home health agencies. In a press release announcing the proposed rule, CMS...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule on April 27, 2018 to overhaul the payment system for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Specifically, the rule would “update the payment rates used...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is launching BPCI Advanced – the successor program to the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative. Providers that like the current BPCI program, or simply missed the...more
CMS recently issued a Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters article in connection with Change Request 10175 (issued August 11, 2017), which provides instructions for payment to Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) billing under the...more
On Nov. 1, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule that updates payment policies and rates under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for renal dialysis...more
Last week, home health agencies welcomed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to drop a controversial proposed payment model and leave largely unchanged the current payment system. Responding to...more