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On July 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) proposed rule for calendar year 2009
Strong advocacy efforts by hospital leaders led to major victories on Capitol Hill this year.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) yesterday released the inpatient prospective payment system \(IPPS\) final rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009. The policies and payment rates included in this rule become effective October 1.
Thanks once again to your advocacy, 210 members of the House are on record as opposing the capital indirect medical education \(IME\) cut. A letter sponsored by Representatives Jim Marshall \(D-GA\) and Peter King \(R-NY\) was sent to CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems earlier this week
Thanks to your advocacy, more than half of the Senate has put itself on the record as opposing the capital indirect medical education \(IME\) cut. The attached letter, sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer \(D-NY\), Arlen Specter \(R-PA\) and Hillary Clinton \(D-NY\), includes 51 signatures and…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published in the June 27 Federal Register a proposed rule changing the conditions of participation \(CoPs\) and payment provisions for rural health clinics \(RHCs\).
On July 15, Congress voted to override President Bush's veto of H.R. 6331, theMedicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. President Bushvetoed the legislation earlier that day, citing objections to provisions that wouldcut payments to Medicare Advantage plans, among other reasons.
The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor \(RAC\) program is authorized by Congress to identify improper Medicare payments - both overpayments and underpayments. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) recently reported that RACs collected 92.7 million in overpayments during the three…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) today released a new report on the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor \(RAC\) demonstration program in a limited number of states. RACs are tasked with identifying inaccurate Medicare payments - both overpayments and underpayments - and are…