USA - April 7 2011
After much anticipation and consternation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (PPACA) Medicare shared savings program (MSSP) proposed rule, implementing Section 3022 of PPACA, was released to the public on March 31, 2011 (hereafter, Proposed Rule).
USA - March 17 2011
CMS may consider hospitals that are members of the same Medicare graduate medical education (GME) affiliated group in the aggregate (rather than only on an individual basis) for purposes of determining possible full-time equivalent (FTE) resident cap reductions under an interim final rule published in the Federal Register on March 14, 2010.
USA - March 3 2011
CMS recently issued guidance on the maintenance of effort (MOE) provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in a letter to State Medicaid Directors.
USA - December 9 2010
Since March 23, 2010, the date the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law, the healthcare industry and its many consultants and advisors were thrust into a new era of healthcare financing, delivery, payment and structure, not to mention creating yet another set of new acronyms for which the industry is well known.
USA - August 5 2010
Medicare payment for inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) hospital services will decrease by $440 million in FY 2011 under a final rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 30.
