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WISeR Model Will Test the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Prior Authorization in Medicare: Key Considerations for Health Care...

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently announced a six-year payment model for 2026-2031 called the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model. WISeR will test the use of artificial...more

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Update: CMS Extends Skilled Nursing Facilities’ Medicare Revalidation Deadline

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On July 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an additional extension of the deadline by which skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) must revalidate their Medicare enrollments. Enrolled SNFs...more

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Site neutrality is on the menu in the CY 2026 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two major regs: the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule and the CY 2026 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

SNF Off-Cycle CMS-855A Reporting Delayed to January 1, 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has extended the window for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) to file off-cycle Medicare revalidation documents until January 1, 2026. This marks CMS’ third deadline...more

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2024 CMS Audit and Enforcement Report

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On July 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an Audit and Enforcement Report summarizing its annual Medicare Advantage (Part C) and Prescription Drug (Part D) program audits and enforcement...more

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Medicare proposed rules include government pricing surprises: ASP changes and maximum fair price, new bona fide service fee and...

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Every July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes two proposed rules relating to how it plans to administer the Medicare Part B program for the next calendar year: the physician fee schedule (PFS)...more

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Off-Cycle Medicare Revalidations for SNFs – Deadline Extended Again to January 1, 2026

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On July 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced via a Medicare Learning Network (“MLN”) update that the deadline for submission of mandatory off-cycle Medicare revalidations...more

DLA Piper

Proposed CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Key Changes Impacting the Medicare Shared Savings Program

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On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2026 calendar year (CY 2026) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (Proposed Rule). Among the many changes proposed, the Proposed Rule includes...more

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CMS releases CY 2026 Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System proposed rule

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On July 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems Proposed Rule [CMS-1834-P],...more

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CMS’s CY 2026 Fee Schedule Proposal: MSSP Reforms Take Center Stage in Push Toward Value

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On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the proposed rule for the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”), formally titled CMS-1832-P....more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

CMS Delays Deadline for Nursing Home Federal Disclosures – August 1, 2025, Has Become January 1, 2026: Consider Support from Bond...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) will be extending the deadline for the mandatory off-cycle revalidation process for Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The revised deadline is Jan. 1,...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Qlarant, Novitas Audits Escalate as Medicare Skin Substitutes Spending Hits $1.6 Billion, CMS Seeks Evidence of Clinical...

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The wound care industry faces unprecedented scrutiny as Medicare Part B expenditures for skin substitutes exceeded $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023 alone. The spending surge has triggered a wave of skin substitute...more

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CMS Proposes New Mandatory, Two-Sided Risk Model for Heart Failure and Low Back Pain

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Key Takeaways - CMS has proposed a mandatory two-sided risk model for specialists treating heart failure and low back pain in outpatient settings....more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - July 2025

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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

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Digesting a giant reg: the CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule

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Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed reg. Stakeholders have highly anticipated the release of this reg, as it...more

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CMS Escalates Aggressive Rates Cut in Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for CY 2026

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On June 30, 2025, CMS issued its annual Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for Calendar Year (CY) 2026 (the Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule continues the agency’s policy of using provisions of the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CMS Announces Changes for SNFs on Care Compare Website

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), Center for Clinical Standards and Quality recently announced upcoming changes to skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) profiles on the Medicare Care Compare website. Care...more

Hogan Lovells

One Big Beautiful Bill Act – What’s in it for health?

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), into law after lengthy consideration in both chambers of Congress. OBBBA Subtitle B—Health includes significant reforms to Medicaid,...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Week in Review | Congress Passes One Big Beautiful Bill Act; CMS Releases Proposed Payment Rules for ESRD and Home...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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CMS Terminates KCF Model and Finalizes Significant Revisions to CKCC Participation and Payment Framework

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On May 28, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Innovation Center formally announced the early termination of the Kidney Care First (“KCF”) model effective December 31, 2025, and issued a suite of...more

King & Spalding

OIG Releases Audit of Medicare Payments for Evaluation Management Services Billed on the Same Day as Eye Injections

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On May 27, 2025, HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report outlining its finding that Medicare payments for evaluation management (E&M) services provided on the same day as eye injections were at risk for...more

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CMS Requests Hospitals Submit Gender-Affirming Care Data

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On May 28, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to “select hospitals” that provide gender-affirming care services, requesting information about how those hospitals adhere to quality standards...more

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Considerations Before Opting Out of Medicare

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In recent years, we have seen an emerging number of physicians and health care providers transitioning to concierge, direct-to-consumer practices. Many providers no longer want to deal with the hassles of billing insurance,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Announces Sweeping Changes to RADV Audits

On May 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced significant changes in its risk adjustment data validation (RADV) audits. The changes focus on speed, the volume of targeted contracts, and...more

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Federal Ruling on CMS Staffing Mandate Offers Relief for Long-Term Care Facilities

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Long-term care facilities, embattled by rising costs and potential Medicaid cuts, are seeing some relief on the horizon following a recent federal court ruling that struck down portions of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...more

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