Anti-Kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalty Proposed Rule Summary
This document summarizes the proposed rule published by the OIG in the October 17, 2019, Federal Register, to revise safe harbors under the federal anti-kickback statute and the civil monetary penalty law that prohibits inducements offered to patients.
Physician Self-Referral Proposed Rule Summary
This document summarizes the proposed rule updating regulations implementing the physician self-referral law, published by CMS in the October 17, 2019, Federal Register.
Discharge Planning Final Rule Executive Summary
This document contains a high-level overview of CMS’s discharge planning final rule.
Regulatory Burden Reduction, Dialysis Fire Safety and Hospital CAH CoP Final Rules Summaries
This document summarizes three final rules published by CMS addressing certain Medicare regulations identified as unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome; updating fire safety requirements to certain renal dialysis facilities; and revising hospital and critical access hospital (CAH) conditions of participation (CoPs).
FY 2020 IPPS Final Rule Summary
On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule describing federal fiscal year (FY) 2020 policies and rates for Medicare’s prospective payment systems for acute care inpatient hospitals (IPPS) and the long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS).
FY 2020 IPPS/LTCH Final Rule: Executive Summary Presentation
This HFMA Executive Summary presentation explains the CMS FY 2020 IPPS final rule.
CMS FY2020 IPPS Final Rule: Executive Summary
This executive summary from HFMA explains the CMS FY2020 IPPS Final Rule.
FY 2020 IPPS Proposed Rule Summary
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its proposed rule describing federal FY2020 policies and rates for Medicare’s prospective payment systems for acute care inpatient hospitals and the long-term care hospital prospective payment system.
CMS FY 2020 IPPS Proposed Rule Executive Summary
CMS estimates that the total impact of all proposed policy changes will increase payments to IPPS hospitals by $4.7 billion in FY 2020 (3.5% increase compared to the 2019 IPPS final rule).
Interoperability and Patient Access to Health Data Proposed Rule Summary
This document summarizes the proposed rule on interoperability and patient access to health data, published by CMS, in the March 4, 2019, Federal Register.