On August 1, 2024, CMS filed a display copy of its final rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 pertaining to the Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) for general acute care hospitals and long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) (the...more
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo that overturned the Chevron Doctrine, which requires courts to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, thereby...more
7/3/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Government Agencies ,
Healthcare ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Medicare ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Reimbursements ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
CMS estimates that between 2017 and 2021, Medicare Part A improperly paid $23.9 billion for inpatient hospital stays, with $7.8 billion attributable to short stays that did not qualify for Medicare Part A. On June 13, 2024,...more
6/20/2024
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Enforcement ,
Hospitals ,
Inpatient Billing ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part A ,
Noncompliance ,
OIG ,
Outpatient Services ,
Overpayment ,
Payment Systems ,
Reimbursements ,
Two-Midnight Rule