Healthcare News of Note: With new treatments emerging, Medicare increases coverage of PET screening for Alzheimer’s disease
Over the past few weeks, I have found these industry news stories that should be of interest to healthcare finance professionals. 1. CMS updates Medicare coverage of PET scans as a screening tool for Alzheimer’s disease CMS recently moved to expand Medicare coverage of screening for a primary marker of Alzheimer’s disease, a key step…
CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Summary Part III – Quality Payment Program Updates
HFMA presents part III of three detailed summaries of the proposed rule relating to the Medicare physician fee schedule for CY 2024 and other revisions to Medicare Part B policies. Part III covers the updates to the Quality Payment Program.
CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Summary Part II – Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements
HFMA presents part II of three detailed summaries of the proposed rule relating to the Medicare physician fee schedule for CY 2024 and other revisions to Medicare Part B policies. Part II includes proposals related to the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
In response to a congressional RFI, provider advocates give input on ways to bolster rural healthcare
Hospital and physician groups were among the respondents to a request by a key congressional committee for information on improving rural healthcare. In an RFI issued in September, the House Ways and Means Committee sought policy solutions for augmenting access to — and the quality of — healthcare in relatively remote areas. “The committee will…
CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Summary – Part I
HFMA presents part I of three detailed summaries of the proposed rule relating to the Medicare physician fee schedule for CY 2024 and other revisions to Medicare Part B policies.
Medicaid DSH payment cut barely averted as House, Senate pass short-term federal funding
Hospitals received a last-day reprieve from substantial cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments, with House leaders reversing course Sept. 30 and ushering through a six-week government funding package. Language in the bill ensures a four-year, $32 billion Medicaid DSH cut will not take effect before Nov. 17. Most importantly, the bill bought time…
Update: Medicaid DSH payment cut averted as House, Senate pass short-term federal funding
Note: The headline and lead section of this article were updated Oct. 1 with news of a six-week government funding extension that delays the Medicaid DSH cuts and pays for other healthcare programs. The article originally was published Sept. 28 under the headline, “An $8 billion Medicaid DSH cut is closer to happening as a…
HFMA Comments on CY 2024 OPPS/ASC Proposed Rule
HFMA presents its comment letter to CMS on the CY 2024 OPPS/ASC Proposed Rule.
Legislation to enhance healthcare pricing and billing transparency takes a big step forward in the House
A slew of provisions on healthcare transparency took a step closer to becoming federal law as three House committees last week merged separate bills into a single draft. The resulting bill is just about set for consideration by the full House, where bipartisan support for the major provisions was apparent in the committee phase. The…
CY 2024 OPPS/ASC Proposed Rule Summary
HFMA presents a detailed summary of the proposed rule issued by CMS updating payments under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system and the ambulatory surgical center payment system for CY 2024.