Site-Neutral Payment Proposals
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 29 released the calendar year 2020 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center proposed rule.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a description of the chairman鈥檚 mark, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019.
PLEASE NOTE: This previously issued Advisory has been updated to reflect that, as urged by AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted additional time for hospitals and health systems to ensure that they comply with these 鈥渆xact match鈥 requirements. (Updated text is鈥
AHA letter to Representative Kilmer expressing support of H.R. 2552, the 鈥淧rotecting Local Access to Care for Everyone Act.鈥
Introduction
Plaintiffs鈥 opening brief explained the clear limits that Congress imposed on the ability of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to change Medicare payment rates for hospital outpatient clinic visit services from year to year: The agency may make targeted cuts to鈥
Medicare patients who receive care in a hospital outpatient department clinic are more likely to be poor, previously hospitalized and have severe chronic conditions than those treated in an ambulatory surgical center, according to a study by KNG Health Consulting released today by the AHA.
This study examines how Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries receiving surgical care in HOPDs compare to those receiving care in ASCs.
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MINUTE ORDER resetting the briefing schedule after consideration of the parties' response to the Court's February 27, 2019 Minute Order.
The parties to the above-referenced related actions respectfully submit this response to this Court鈥檚 minute order of February 27, 2019, which directed the parties to 鈥渟ubmit a proposed schedule for consolidated dispositive briefing or show good cause why such briefing should not be consolidated.鈥濃