Comments on Proposed Rules for Payment Systems and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule due October 5 In August, CMS published the calendar year (CY) 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule and the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. The deadline for comments on both rules is...
CMS Issues Proposed Rule for 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System On August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the calendar year (CY) 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule. Among notable changes, CMS proposes to...
CMS Expands COVID-19 Telehealth Provisions to Skilled Nursing Facility Residents The current COVID-19 public health emergency does not waive any requirements related to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB); however, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services added CPT codes 99441, 99442, and 99443 to the list of telehealth codes coverable under the waiver during the...
CMS Publishes Final Rule for Inpatient Prospective Payment System On September 2, 2020, CMS issued the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) final rule, which includes important provisions designed to ensure access to potentially life-saving diagnostics and therapies for hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries. The...