Tag: Proposed Rule
On May 11, 2020 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the FY 2021 Proposed Rules for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System. The proposed rule would ...
On February 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would make modifications to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model. CJR, the first mandatory model established by CMS, is an in...
In the latest response to the President’s Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare, the Department of Health and Human Services released two rules related to requiring increased price transparency for hospi...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar to discuss the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs) proposed in a CMS Request for Information (RFI) appearing in the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Sc...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2020 Proposed Rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). As part of the proposed rule, CMS is proposing 10 episode-based cost measures and revisions to the current Medicare...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a series of webinars on recently released payment and quality regulations.
On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2020 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies (CMS-1715-P), which includes proposals relat...
On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the CY 2020 Proposed Rules for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Payme...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun the annual update of Medicare payment policies. FY 2020 proposed regulations for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRF), Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPF) and Hospice were recentl...
The Department of Health and Human Services extended the comment period for two proposed interoperability rules to June 3, a 30-day extension from the original May 3 deadline. Many industry and stakeholder groups had requested the extension due to th...
On March 5, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a listening session on the Interoperability and Patient Access Proposed Rule. This proposed rule outlines opportunities to make patient data more useful and transferable...
On February 11, 2019, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a proposed rule to implement certain provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, including conditions and maintenance of certification require...
The US Department of Health and Human Services and its Office of the Inspector General released a proposed rule building on the Administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug prices. The proposal would update the discount safe harbor in the An...
On February 4, 2019 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued proposed rule that would, if finalized, make changes to certain proficiency testing requirements under the CLIA program. Comments are due April 5, 2019....
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On November 26, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that would allow for changes in 2020 to coverage of protected class drugs, establish new requirements for when MA plans may apply step therapy as a ut...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that would implement certain provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2018. Specifically, the BBA allows Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to provide certain addition...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a long-awaited proposed rule that would revamp the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Among key changes, the rule reduces the amount of time ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting two Quality Payment Program (QPP)-related conference calls. Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Understanding 3 Key Topics Listening Session (Includes ...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host office hours on the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Year 2 Proposed Rule on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 from 12:00 noon – 1:00 PM ET. CMS will provide a brief overview of the QPP and addre...
On June 30, 2017, the CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule was published in the Federal Register. Unfortunately, it was published with a very limited table of contents (TOC). McDermottPlus created a TOC of the 2018 QPP P...
Scheduled for Tuesday, July 18, from 2:00 to 3:30 pm ET
On Tuesday, July 18th at 2:00 p.m. EDT, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center will host a webinar on the Medicare Quality Payment P...
McDermottPlus is pleased to provide an analysis of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-related proposals in the recently released 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) (MACRA) Proposed Rule. The analysis, comparing 2018 proposed to 2017 fina...
On June 26th, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a listening session on the CY 2018 Quality Payment Program (MACRA) Proposed Rule. Slides from this listening session are available here. CMS also recently poste...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will host a listening session on the Quality Payment Program QPP (MACRA) Year 2 Proposed Rule on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 from 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET. The listening session is an opportunity ...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 12:30 – 1:30 pm ET Click here to register Now that the CY2018 Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule has been released, join McDermott+Consulting as we break down major pr...
On June 20, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule (CMS-5522-P). Established through the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), the QPP established two tra...
This week the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) sent the 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule (CMS-5522-P) to the Office of Management of Budget (OMB) for review. Established through the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization...
On July 25, 2016 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Proposed Rule for a new mandatory bundled payment model for cardiac care, an expansion of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model and a Cardiac Rehabili...
On May 11, 2016 the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in Medicare Fee-for-Service (CMS-5517-P) was published in the Federal Register and is available here. This Proposes Rule implements the Medicare Ac...
On May 9, 2016 the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 Proposed Rule was published in the Federal Register. Unfortunately, it was published with a very limited table of contents (TOC) to help guide you through the over 400-pa...
On April 27, 2016 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in Medicare Fee-for-Service (CMS-5517-P) Proposed Rule. T...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has sent the proposed rule on the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The OMB review typical...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services today posted the long-awaited proposed rule to implement section 216 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act, which when finalized, will revamp how CMS determines payment amounts for laboratory se...
