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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today updated the Open Payments website with 2015 data on payments by drug and device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals, as well as new data for the 2013 and 2014 reporting periods.
The AHA earlier this week called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand its proposed definition of advanced alternative payment models (APM) for the physician quality payment program.The AHA weighed in on the agency鈥檚 April 27 proposed rule implementing key鈥
Seventy members of the House of Representatives today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to waive fee-for-service regulations, such as the 25% Rule for long-term care hospitals, that limit care coordination and collaboration for acute care hospitals and post-acute care providers鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 interim final rule changing the eligibility criteria for Health Insurance Marketplace special enrollment periods strikes 鈥渢he appropriate balance between ensuring consumer access to coverage and protecting plans from potential SEP abuses鈥
About 200 physician practices, including hospital-based practices, and 17 commercial insurers will begin participating July 1 in an alternative payment model for fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries undergoing chemotherapy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.
The Food and Drug Administration has created an Oncology Center of Excellence to coordinate and speed regulatory review of cancer drugs, biologics and medical devices as part of the administration鈥檚 Cancer Moonshot initiative.
The AHA鈥檚 American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration this month welcomed as its new executive director Catherine Carruth, a certified association executive with more than 10 years of experience at the AHA. 鈥淲e are delighted to have Catherine join the ASHHRA team,鈥
The Department of Health & Human Services today released a proposed rule that would make changes to the procedures for Administrative Law Judge appeals of payment and coverage determinations for items and services provided to Medicare beneficiaries, in addition to other Medicare appeals.
Reducing Medicare reimbursement to critical access hospitals would have 鈥渁 significant and detrimental impact鈥 not only on these hospitals, but on their patients and communities, AHA told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today.
The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposed payment demonstration for Medicare Part B drugs. Patrick Conway, M.D., CMS acting principal deputy administrator, said the agency is reviewing comments on the proposed rule鈥