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Covid-19
Hospitals Cheer $4B in New Funding for Safety Nets, Rural HospitalsBut more funding will be needed, and soon, hospital stakeholders say.
Strategy
CMS Report: 98% of Eligible Clinicians Avoided MIPS Penalty in 2018The number of clinicians achieving qualifying APM participant status also nearly doubled from 2017 to 2018.
Finance
AHA Asks CMS to Delay Implementation of Price Transparency RuleThe pandemic shows no signs of abating, and hospitals can't afford to redirect scarce resources to comply with the requirements...
Innovation
CMS Looks to Fund Innovation for Home DialysisA proposed rule would pay for innovative dialysis equipment and support in the home setting for patients with end-stage renal...
Finance
CMS Releases Data for COVID-19 Hospitalization Payments, Patient Discharge StatusThe average Medicare payment per fee-for-service was $23,094. The data reported by CMS also includes a range of payments for...
Finance
CareMount CFO Says COVID-19 Threw a 'Wrench' in Next-Gen ACO PlansKevin Conroy, CFO and chief population health officer at CareMount Medical, is encouraged by CMS's decision to extend its Next...
Innovation
340 Organizations Plead with Congress for Permanent Telehealth ReformLetter signed by multiple stakeholders urges action before the COVID-19 public health emergency ends, and Americans fall off "telehealth cliff,"...
Strategy
Joint Commission to Release New SAG, Standard Revisions Effective July 1The change will make it easier for hospitals to comply because it requires only that doors only close, not that...
Finance
July NCCI Update Adds Sky-high MUE Values for Core E/M ServicesProviders should note that CMS did not restore the 29,000 NCCI edits that were deleted by the previous April 7...
Strategy
487K Gained Coverage Through Special Enrollment Period for Loss of Minimum Essential CoverageCMS stated that 487,000 people gained coverage through health insurance exchanges using the HealthCare.gov platform during the loss of MEC...
Finance
New FAQs Address Provider-based Department Billing, Relocation RequestsIf a hospital relocated a PBD to a patient's home during the PHE and then must relocate a PBD to...
Strategy
Court Upholds CMS' Hospital Price Transparency Final RuleTrump claims "BIG VICTORY for patients." The plaintiffs, led by the American Hospital Association, will appeal the ruling.