Current & Emerging Payment Models

CMS issued its calendar year 2023 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system, which would reduce net HH payments by $810 million in calendar year 2023 relative to CY 2022.
June 17, 2022 The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Room 445-G Washington, DC 20201
AHA's submitted the following comments on the fiscal year (FY) 2023 LTCH prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule to CMS.
The AHA supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposal to delay the January 2023 start of the Radiation Oncology Model.
Responding to a recent request for input from the field, the AHA urged the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to balance the risk and reward in its alternative payment models 鈥渋n a way that reflects the significant investments required to launch and maintain APM participation.鈥
Responding to a recent request for input from the field, the AHA yesterday urged the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to balance the risk and reward in its alternative payment models 鈥渋n a way that reflects the significant investments required to launch and maintain APM participation.鈥
AHA commented on recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussions on possible approaches to reducing spending on Part B drugs and biologicals, improving alternative payment models, and revising the hospital wage index.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released Medicare Part B billing codes and payment allowances for reporting and administering single booster doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to eligible adults as authorized Oct. 22 by the Food and Drug Administration鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 Innovation Center released a strategic plan to guide its health care payment and delivery models and priorities over the next decade.
Health Resources and Services Administration officials Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. ET will conduct a webinar on which they will answer questions on the Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements. On the webinar, which is being conducted exclusively for AHA members, HRSA officials will discuss PRF portal鈥