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CMS Includes Additional Stark Proposals In IPPS Proposed Rule, Requests Comments
Public comments on the concepts and particulars of the proposed rule must be submitted by June 13, 2008.
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CMS Issues FY 2015 Medicare SNF PPS Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the fiscal year 2015 proposed skilled nursing facility prospective payment system rule.Reed Smith - Article
CMS Proposes $9B In Relief For 340B Hospitals
340B Covered Entities (CEs) are getting a glimpse into what they can expect to be repaid due the fallout from CMS' unlawful 340B payment reduction that was struck down...Polsinelli PC - Article
CMS Proposes CY 2019 Medicare OPPS, ASC Update, With Emphasis On Promoting Site-Neutrality
CMS has issued its proposed rule to update Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System rates and policies for calendar year 2019.Reed Smith - Article
UPDATE: CMS Provides New Guidance To Hospitals On How To Settle Inpatient Appeals
CMS held a conference call on October 9, 2014 to address ongoing questions and clarify the requirements for hospitals that want to settle the inpatient-status claims whose denials they have appealed.ArentFox Schiff - Article
CMS Finalizes 2015 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the annual final rule on the Medicare home health prospective payment system rates for calendar year 2015 in the November 6, 2014, Federal Register.McDermott Will & Emery - Article
CMS Issues Final Call Letter For 2015
Earlier this week, CMS announced in its Final Call Letter that Medicare Advantage rates would rise an average of 0.4 percent in 2015.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. - Article
CMS Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
On September 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the muchanticipated Medicare self-referral disclosure protocol (SRDP).Cozen O'Connor - Article
RAPID Pathway Speeds Coverage But Raises Evidentiary Stakes
On April 23, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device (RAPID)...McDermott Will & Schulte - Article
The RADV Odyssey: Extrapolation Vacated
Last week, on September 25, 2025, Judge O'Connor in the U.S District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled in favor of Humana (the Humana Decision)...Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. - Article
CMS Announces 10 Drugs Selected For Medicare Negotiation In 2026
On August 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a list of the first ten drugs subject to negotiation under the new Medicare drug price negotiation program...Bass, Berry & Sims PLC - Article
CMS Announces Final Regulatory Changes To Medicare Advantage And Part D
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced final regulatory changes affecting Medicare Advantage and Part D on May 19, 2014.Holland & Knight - Article
CMS Proposes Update to Medicare OPPS, ASC Rates and Policies for 2017
CMS has published its proposed rule to update the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System rates and policies for CY 2017.Reed Smith - Article
CMS Publishes Proposed MPFS Rule For 2015
On July 11, 2014, CMS published its proposed rule to update the Medicare physician fee schedule for CY 2015.Reed Smith - Article
U.S. Supreme Court Lifts Injunctions Against CMS Vaccine Mandate
On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, lifted lower court injunctions that had blocked enforcement in 25 states of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...Littler Mendelson - Article
CMS Issues Hospital Payment Proposed Rule For 2010 - Affecting 3,500 Acute Care Hospitals
On May 1, 2009 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS, or the Agency) issued a proposed rule for the FY2010 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS).
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CMS Proposes Updates To Medicare Dental Coverage Pathway
On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. This rule addresses changes in Medicare payment...Foley Hoag LLP - Article
Searching For Safe Harbors? CMS-Sponsored Model Participants Receive Anti-Kickback Statute Protection
Enrolling in such a CMS-sponsored innovation model now has an added benefit: a new Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) safe harbor.ArentFox Schiff - Article
CMS Issues Interoperability And Prior Authorization Final Rule
On January 17, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule (Final Rule), which establishes requirements applicable...
Crowell & Moring LLP - Article
CMS Issues Medicare Advantage And Part D Final Call Letter For 2015
On April 7, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Medicare Part C and Part D Final Call Letter. - See more at: http://www.hklaw.com/publications/CMS-Issues-Medicare-Advantage-and-Part-D-Final-Call-Letter-for-2015-04-15-2014/#sthash.YZKvvZC7.dpufHolland & Knight
