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Revenue Cycle
Hospital Price Transparency Needs Harsher Penalties, Uniform Data ReportingAccording to an expert panel, CMS should increase the maximum penalty for noncompliance with the pricing rule from $300 per...
Revenue Cycle
This Week in Medicare Updates—8/25/2021This week's Medicare updates include billing and coding updates for COVID-19 booster shots, new items on the OIG Work Plan,...
Revenue Cycle
4 Dos and Don'ts for Managing Inpatient-to-Observation Status Downgrades In the newest episode of the HealthLeaders Revenue Cycle Podcast, Charlie Brown, MBA, a former hospital executive and vice president...
Strategy
Ascension Michigan to Pay $2.8M to Settle False Claims AllegationsFour Michigan hospitals were named in the suit, which stems from the questionable practices of one gynecologic oncologist.
Clinical Care
CMS Issues Maternal Morbidity and COVID-19 Worker Vaccination Reporting RequirementsThe Joint Commission issued new standards in 2020 to also increase awareness and safety on maternal morbidity and mortality, especially...
Payer
Feds to Nix Work Requirements in Montana Medicaid Expansion ProgramIt's unclear what that means for the future of the Montana program.
Covid-19
AHA Asks CMS to Keep Some 1135 Waivers to Help Hospitals Regain FootingThe hospital advocacy group also asked CMS to keep changes that allowed expanded care delivery in rural areas.
Finance
2022 OPPS Proposed Rule: CMS Backing Off From Eliminating Inpatient-Only List, Increasing Price Transparency PenaltiesIn addition, CMS says it intends to increase hospital compliance with its price transparency policies by increasing financial penalties for...
Payer
Special Enrollment Period Spurs 2 Million People to Sign up for Health Coverage In Less Than 5 MonthsCMS also reports that 2.5 million people have reduced their monthly premiums after advance payments of premium tax credits during...
Strategy
OIG Cites CMS for Poor Risk Assessments"CMS?s ERM process did not consider national security risks for any of CMS?s programs in accordance with federal requirements," the...
Payer
Effort to Decipher Hospital Prices Yields Key Finding: Don't Try It at HomeA series of columns by Bernard J. Wolfson addresses the challenges consumers face in California's healthcare landscape.
Strategy
CMS Announces New Director of Center for MedicareMeena Seshamani, MD, PhD will serve as Deputy Administrator and Director of Center for Medicare and will lead the Center's...