The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule regarding the Medicare Advantage (MA) Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) program in early February 2023. Among other matters, the final rule...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, known as the “CARES Act,” which became law on March 27, 2020, appropriates $100 billion to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to reimburse providers...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, known as the “CARES Act,” became law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act implements wide-ranging changes to law and funding designed to ameliorate the coronavirus...more
On August 2, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an advance copy of its final rulemaking that adopts a new approach to evaluating the medical necessity of inpatient hospital admissions. ...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a ruling and an interim rule that, effective immediately, will allow hospitals to rebill certain inpatient hospital services as outpatient services for one year...more