ArticleCMS Releases 2018 HCPCS UpdateThe 2018 update to the alphanumeric Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) files is now available on the CMS website. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleCMS Releases Updated HRSN Framework For Medicaid And CHIPOn December 10, CMS released an updated Center Informational Bulletin (CIB) that refines CMS' descriptions of opportunities for states to cover clinically appropriate and evidence-based services.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
ArticleCMS Signals Potentially Big Changes Ahead For Medicare SNF Payment PolicyUsing unusually blunt language, the MedPAC recently noted that it "is increasingly frustrated with the lack of statutory or regulatory action" to lower Medicare SNF payments...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleOIG Seeks Improvements To RAC Program, Enhanced CMS Efforts To Stop Improper Medicare PaymentsThe OIG has called on CMS to strengthen activities to prevent improper Medicare payments, including enhancements to the Recovery Audit Contractor program. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleThe Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Has Published A Proposed Rule To Establish FY 2019 Medicare Hospice Reimbursement Rates And Policies.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a proposed rule to establish FY 2019 Medicare hospice reimbursement rates and policies. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleCMS Announces Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) Accelerated Payments To Part A Providers And Advance Payments To Part B SuppliersRecognizing the ongoing impact of the cyberattack experienced by Change Healthcare/Optum on February 21, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced over the weekend...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBass, Berry & Sims PLC
ArticleCMS Clarifies Boundaries On AI In Coverage Determination For Medicare Advantage OrganizationsOn February 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) published an important FAQ for Medicare Advantage Organizations...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesKatten
ArticleCMS Expands Fraud Enforcement With Nationwide Moratoria On Hospice And HHA EnrollmentsOn May 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a nationwide six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for hospice providers and home health agencies (HHAs). United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesGoodwin Procter LLP
ArticleCMS Finalizes Updates To The Medicaid Drug Rebate AgreementOn March 26, CMS issued guidance, available here, to manufacturers on completing, signing, and submitting the updated NDRA to CMS. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesFoley Hoag LLP
ArticleCMS Issues Section 111 Alerts in NGHP Context Regarding Risk Management Write-Offs and Who Must ReportSection 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Section 111) imposes reporting obligations under the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) laws on certain entities, including liability insurance (including self-insurance), no fault insurance, and workers’ compensation plans (commonly referred to as Non-Group Health Plans or NGHPs). United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDentons
ArticleCMS Medicare Payment And Policy Changes For FY 2021 – Skilled Nursing Facilities, Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, And HospicesOn April 10, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued proposed rules updating payment rates and policies for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF), Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPF)...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleCMS Model Payment & Initiatives - The Growing Target Of Quality & Care Improvement In Skilled Nursing FacilitiesLike it or not, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding its strong commitment to focus on quality and care improvement as the basis for payment to providers throughout the continuum of care. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesPoyner Spruill LLP
ArticleCMS Proposes FY 2019 Medicare IPPS/LTCH Rates And Policy ChangesThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published its proposed rule updating the Medicare acute inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2019United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleCMS Proposes Program Integrity Enhancements To The Provider/Supplier Enrollment Process, Including New Affiliated Provider Disclosure RequirementsOn March 1, 2016, CMS is publishing a proposed rule that would make a variety of changes to the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP provider and supplier enrollment requirements. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleThe Trump Administration Implements Aggressive Medicare Advantage Plan AuditsOn May 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") announced its intent "to crush[] fraud, waste, and abuse across all federal...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesGroom Law Group, Chartered
ArticleCMS Finalizes CY 2024 Outpatient Prospective Payment And Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems RuleOn November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") released the calendar year ("CY") 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesCrowell & Moring LLP
ArticleCMS Proposes New Telehealth Guidelines And RADV Extrapolation For MAOsOn October 26, 2018, CMS released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking addressing expanded telehealth coverage in Medicare Advantage ...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesMcDermott Will & Emery
ArticleCMS Updates Medicare DMEPOS Policies, Including Overhaul Of Pricing Framework For New HCPCS CodesThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has adopted — with limited changes — its controversial plan to rewrite Medicare pricing rules for new items of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleCMS Conducts First Call On Physician Payments Sunshine Act ImplementationIn anticipation of the start of data collection under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continues to issue guidance on data collection and reporting in an effort to address the many questions being asked by affected parties.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
ArticleCMS Releases CY 2025 OPPS And ASC Final RuleThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesHolland & Knight