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Senate and House members urge CMS to increase inpatient hospital payment
Changes are sought before CMS releases the IPPS final rule. Susan Morse, Executive Editor – July 27, 2022 Ahead of the…
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Hospitals to receive a proposed 3.2% payment increase in 2023
The Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule is expected to increase hospital payments by $1.6B. April 19, 2022, Susan…
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HSS Study Identifies Successes of Value-Based Care Programs
NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Value-based care initiatives can both improve the quality of treatment for patients undergoing orthopedic surgery and…
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COVID-19
CMS to require staff at hospitals and other facilities to get COVID-19 vaccine or risk funding loss
by Robert King | September 9, 2021 The Biden administration is moving to require all Medicare and Medicaid facilities to vaccinate their workforce,…
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American College of Surgeons wants Congress to intervene in Medicare payments
Physician fee schedule payments fail to keep up with inflation and threaten patient access to critical treatments, ACS says. July…
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CMS sent out warnings to hospitals failing at price transparency. Some still aren’t sure where they land
by Dave Muoio | May 10, 2021 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has sent its first wave of warning letters out…
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CMS worked ‘to keep hospital payments as steady as possible’ in inpatient rule
While hospitals must still disclose their negotiated rates with payers, they no longer have to submit cost reports to CMS…
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Hospitals
Healthcare organizations ask HHS to delay quality measure reporting for ACOs
The American Hospital Association and American Medical Association are among the 11 organizations signing the letter. May 4, 2021 /…
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SANUWAVE Health Reports Increased Reimbursement Payments for UltraMist and dermaPACE in 2021
SUWANEE, GA, Dec. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (OTCQB: SNWV), focused on the development and commercialization of a…
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