Tag: Hospitals
On April 6, 2020, the Office of the Inspector of General (OIG), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released findings from a survey of hospitals from March 23-27, 2020 to assess the challenges facing hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be hosting an outreach and education webinar for participants in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting and the Promoting Interoperability Programs. It will present an overview of hospital and pro...
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation recently released the Second Annual Evaluation Report for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. After two performance years, average episode payments decreased by 3.7 percent or $1...
On Friday, June 28, 2019 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released 2018 Open Payments data, which covers transactions data collected from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Open Payments is a national disclosure program t...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that all eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) use 2015 edition certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to meet the requirements of the Promoting Interopera...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will host an hour-long webinar on April 30 at 2 pm ET for rural or critical access hospitals and other eligible organizations interested in applying for grants to develop a sustainable network a...
On Friday, March 15, 2019, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released their March 2019 Report to Congress. The principal focus of the March report is MedPAC’s recommendations for annual payment rate adjustments (or ...
On December 3, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released fiscal year (FY) 2019 results from the Hospital Value Based Purchasing Program (HVBP). Under the HVBP CMS adjusts hospital payment for Inpatient Prospective Payment Sy...
On June 5, 2018, the Board of Trustees released the 2018 annual report on solvency of the Medicare trust funds (the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund).
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