FY15 IPPS Final Rule Overview
This document highlights important updates to the 2015 payment rates to hospitals under the FY15 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule.
HFMA comments to CMS on the 2015 Medicare OPPS Proposed Rule
HFMA comments the 2015 Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Physician-Owned Hospitals: Data Sources for Expansion Exception; Physician Certification of Inpatient Hospital Services; Medicare Advantage Organizations and Part D Sponsors: Appeals Process for Overpayments Associated With Submitted Data; Proposed Rule (hereafter referred to as the 2015 OPPS Proposed Rule) published in the July 14, 2014, Federal Register.
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).
HFMA Comments on CMS’s Proposed Inpatient Hospital PPS Rule for FY15
HFMA submitted a comment letter on key issues contained in CMS's Proposed Rule for FY2015 PPS for inpatient hospitals. Significant concerns relate to DSH, HACs, VBP, short stays, and other issues.
FY15 IPPS Proposed Rule Overview
This document summarizes important proposed updates to payment rates to IPPS hospitals for FY15.
HFMA Comments on Interim Final Rule on Third Party Payment of Qualified Health Plan Premiums
HFMA comments on CMS's IFR to codify the guidance related to third party premium payment for individuals enrolling in QHPs. However, the IFR does not resolve the ambiguity created by CMS’s conflicting statements on the issue.
HFMA Comments on Medicare DSH Payment Reductions
With weeks remaining in the open enrollment period it appears highly unlikely that the CBO's May 2013 estimate of a reduction in the uninsured by 14 million individuals in 2014 will be achieved.
Comment Letter to CMS: FY14 IPPS Proposed Rule
Read HFMA's comments to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding its FY2014 proposed rule for Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems.
HFMA Supports the Two-Midnight Rule Delay Act (H.R. 3698)
HFMA believes a workable approach is to delay enforcement of the two-midnight rule until October 1, 2014. During this delay, CMS will work with stakeholders to develop alternate policy solutions.
CY14 OPPS Final Rule Fact Sheet
This document summarizes the updates to the OPPS final rule for CY14.