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Advisory
Advisory

Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule For Calendar Year 2011
On June 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year \(CY\) 2011.
Advisory
Advisory

Final Modifications to Medicare Hospital Cost Report
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) finalized revisions to the Medicare hospital cost report in the April 30 Federal Register.
Advisory
Advisory

Medicare Outpatient PPS and ASC Proposed Rule for CY 2011
On July 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) proposed rule for calendar year \(CY\) 2011. In addition to updating OPPS and ASC payment weights and rates, the proposed rule…
Advisory
Advisory

Medicare Inpatient PPS: The Proposed Rule For Fiscal Year 2011
On April 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) issued its hospital inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for federal fiscal year \(FY\) 2011.
Advisory
Advisory

Final Rule Expands National Practitioner Data Bank Reporting Requirements
On January 28 the Health Resources and Services Administration published a final rule expanding who must report information to the National Practitioner Data Bank \(NPDB\). The rule does not change the reporting requirements for hospitals. However, it requires additional entities, such as private…
Advisory
Advisory

Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on Jan. 13 published a proposed definition of ")meaningful use") of electronic health records \(EHRs\). This rule would be used to determine which hospitals are eligible for health information technology \(HIT\) incentive payments under…
Advisory
Advisory

Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease PPS: The Proposed Rule
On September 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the end-stage renal disease \(ESRD\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule
Advisory
Advisory

Proposed Modifications to Medicare Hospital Cost Report
CMS proposed changes to the hospital cost report in the July 2 Federal Register. The proposed modifications affect reporting of contract labor and benefit costs, uncompensated care data, and medical supply and device costs, among other items.
Advisory
Advisory

Medicare Outpatient PPS and ASC Proposed Rule for CY 2010
This regulatory advisory examines CMS' outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) proposed rule for calendar year \(CY\) 2010. We encourage CEOs to share this advisory with their senior management team and use our spreadsheets to model the impact of the…
Advisory
Advisory

MMSEA Section 111: New Mandatory Reporting under Medicare Secondary Payer Law
Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 created new reporting requirements that will apply to many hospitals under the Medicare Secondary Payer \(MSP\) law. Hospitals that self-insure \(as defined by MSP\) their liability or self-fund a workers' compensation plan or a…
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