01.19.22
In December 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023.
11.30.21
Last month, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (the Innovation Center, or CMMI) released its long-anticipated white paper, “Innovation Strategy Center Refresh.”
04.09.20
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an interim final rule with comment period outlining new flexibilities to pre-existing Medicare and Medicaid payment policies and provider regulations in the midst of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).
03.30.20
On March 27, Congress passed a third stimulus package in response to COVID-19—H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
03.25.20
On March 18, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order invoking the Defense Production Act (DPA) to “Prioritiz[e] and Allocat[e] Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of Covid-19.”
03.20.20
Late Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Senate passed—by a 90-8 vote—the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a COVID-19 stimulus package.
03.16.20
Early Saturday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed—by an overwhelming 363–40 vote—the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a COVID stimulus package.
11.19.19
In the 2018 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rule, CMS finalized a policy to reduce payment for separately payable outpatient drugs purchased by certain hospitals under the 340B program from Average Sales Price (ASP) plus 6% to ASP minus 22.5%.
03.20.19
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
02.21.18
There are six key drivers of the movement to a risk-based healthcare environment: