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The American College of Cardiology has submitted comments to CMS asking for changes to the proposed rules for the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment ...

CMS proposed in July to expedite its payment reduction for some 340B items and services until it recoups $7.8 billion. Hospital systems are pushing back. To compensate for underpayments in the 340B ...

New America's New Practice Lab offers resources for states implementing new federal requirements changing how they pay child ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently issued a proposed rule to update the Outpatient Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2012, according to a CMS news release. The proposed ...

The Medicare Inpatient Only (IPO) list details the procedures that Medicare will cover in an inpatient setting. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the IPO list each year. The ...

The Trump administration has locked in a 2.6% payment rate increase for inpatient services in the coming fiscal year as well as an industry-opposed mandatory payment model for five common surgical ...