CY15 OPPS Proposed Rule Fact Sheet
This document provides an overview of the CY15 proposed changes to payment rates under the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS).
FY15 IPPS Proposed Rule Overview
This document summarizes important proposed updates to payment rates to IPPS hospitals for FY15.
CY14 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Fact Sheet
This fact sheet sumarrizes the payment changes applicable to physicians under the CY14 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule released by CMS.
CY14 OPPS Final Rule Fact Sheet
This document summarizes the updates to the OPPS final rule for CY14.
FY14 IPPS Changes to Certain Cost Reporting Procedures Related to DSH Uncompensated Care Payments
This fact sheet summarizes the changes to the operational procedures for reconciling Medicare disproportionate care payments for hospitals with cost reporting periods spanning more than one federal fiscal year.
HFMA’s Regulatory Sound Bites: An Overview of the Final 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment Rule
This presentation outlines FY14 updates to the IPPS payment rates, CMS's quality-promoting programs, and other policy changes.
CMS Open Door Forum: 2-Midnight Rule
On Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2013, CMS hosted a second, much anticipated, follow-up call to allow providers and other interested parties to ask questions pertaining to those areas of the two-midnight provision contained in the FY14 inpatient PPS final rule, which pertains to physician order and certification, inpatient hospital admission, and medical review criteria.
FY14 IPPS Final Rule Overview
This fact sheet contains information on the updates to hospital payment rates under the inpatient prospective payment system for fiscal year 2014.
Fact Sheet: Standards for Consumer Assistance Programs for Healthcare Insurance Exchanges
This fact sheet provides details of CMS's rule outlining training requirements applicable to assistance personnel in healthcare insurance exchanges mandated under the Affordable Care Act.
CY14 OPPS Proposed Rule Fact Sheet
This fact sheet contains information on the proposed rule released by CMS updating payments to outpatient hospitals paid under the Medicare OPPS, and ambulatory surgical centers for CY14. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in hospital outpatient departments and establishes payments for services furnished in ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) beginning January 1, 2014. In addition, CMS proposes to update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, the ASC Quality Reporting Program, and the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program.