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.
Specialty Care Models to Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Expenditures
This HFMA summary explains the CMS proposed rule on two models that would provide specialty care to Medicare beneficiaries with cancer and end-stage renal disease.
CMMI End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model
HFMA summary of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI’s) proposed the End-Stage Renal Disease (ERSD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model.
CMMI Radiation Oncology Model: HFMA Overview
HFMA summary of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) new mandatory, episode payment model for radiation oncology.