Category: Healthcare Payment and Reimbursement

CMS Finalizes Payment Changes for Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2017 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule (Final Rule) on Tuesday. The Final Rule implements section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 relating to payment for items and services furnished by certain off-campus provider-based departments...

CMS FINALIZES RULE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule for emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare- and Medicaid-participating providers and suppliers in the Federal Register on September 16, 2016. Noting the timeliness of the rule’s publication, which also happens to coincide with peak Atlantic hurricane season,  CMS Deputy Administrator and Chief Medical Officer...

The Impact of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 on Off-Campus Hospital Outpatient Departments

November 23, 2015 On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“Act”) into law significantly impacting how Medicare pays certain off-campus hospital departments.  Specifically, Section 603 of the Act provides that items and services furnished at off-campus departments of a hospital will not be reimbursed under the hospital outpatient prospective...