On February 21, 2024, CMS published a transmittal on its website with instructions for Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to implement CMS’s final rule, issued June 9, 2023, concerning the treatment of the Part C days...more
On August 29, 2018, the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB) announced significant new changes to the rules governing its appeals, effective immediately. The rules apply to both newly filed and pending appeals, and...more
In Banner Heart Hospital, et al. v. Burwell, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Court) held on August 19, 2016, that the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB) incorrectly declined to hear an...more
CMS recently issued Ruling 1498-R2 (Ruling), dated April 22, 2015, amending its 2010 Ruling 1498-R. The new Ruling addresses the calculation of the Medicare fraction of the disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for...more
On August 6, 2014, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia enjoined CMS, its Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), and the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB) from applying the...more