Critical access hospitals will avoid Medicare cuts stemming from Paycheck Protection Program loans, Verma says
CMS does not intend for PPP loans to factor into Medicare payments to rural providers, the agency’s administrator recently clarified.
Rural payment pilots could pave the way to revamped hospital business models
A new rural payment model will test capitated and ACO payments and could encourage major changes in hospital business models.
HHS reopens applications for COVID-19 provider assistance
Providers that rejected the first round of federal coronavirus grants will have another chance in August to seek some of those funds, as will other categories of providers.
OPPS proposed rule would eliminate ‘inpatient only’ list of procedures
The CY21 OPPS proposed rule would eliminate the inpatient-only list of services over three years while increasing the number of ASC-eligible procedures, and also would increase 340B payment cuts and overhaul the hospital star-rating system.
Trump orders new rural payment model, permanent expansion of telehealth
President Trump ordered HHS to develop a new payment model for rural healthcare providers and to use its regulatory authority to make telehealth expansion permanent.
What to expect from President Trump’s recent executive orders on drug prices
HFMA's Chad Mulvany says the Most Favored Nation pricing executive order faces long odds of becoming an enforced policy because it faces significant opposition from three of the most influential lobbies in Washington, D.C.
Hospitals decry appeals court decision upholding 340B cuts
An appeals court upheld $1.6 billion in annual Medicare payment cuts to 340B hospitals.
Create more accurate cost reports faster with Easy Work Papers by BESLER
A healthcare technology company talks about how its Easy Work Papers solution improves cost report accuracy and consistency, helping hospitals receive optimal revenue while maintaining compliance.
Senate’s COVID-19 bill disappoints hospitals
Hospitals were frustrated proposed hospital funding levels and tweaks to Medicare advance payments as proposed in Senate Republicans’ new COVID-19-relief bills.
Trump administration extends public health emergency to October
The federal public health emergency stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic was extended by 90 days to late October.