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January 25, 2012
- CMS Instructs Teaching Hospitals on Reporting FICA Tax Refunds for Medical Residents
- CMS Proposed Rule May Offer Relief to Medicaid DSH Providers
- Second Year of the Medicare Primary Care Provider HPSA Bonus Payment Policy
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January 11, 2012
- Independence at Home Demonstration: Testing In-Home Primary Care Services
- FY 2012 Wage Index Appeals Due Soon
- Bundled Payment Application Deadline Extended until April
- Sunshine Proposed Rule Sheds Light on Reporting Requirements
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December 20, 2011
- Prepayment Review: CMS Signals Changes that May Be in Store for the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program
- Welcome Clarification for Home Health Face-to-Face Documentation Requirements
- Quality Measures Under Consideration for Agency Programs
- Final Rule on ESRD PPS and Quality Incentive Program Issued
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November 29, 2011
- CMS Final Rule Eliminates Requirement for Signed Laboratory Requisition: The Good, the Bad and the Unknown
- Are You up for the Health Care Innovation Challenge? $1 Billion in Grant Money Announced
- Medicare Catch-22: Licensure Conundrum under DMEPOS Competitive Bidding
- OIG’s 2012 Work Plan – What Can Long-Term Care and Community-Based Providers Expect in the Coming Year?
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November 9, 2011
- CMS's New Application of an Old Policy: The Three-Day Payment Window and Wholly Operated Physician Practices
- CMS Provides Further Adjustments to Hospital Outpatient Supervision Rules
- CMS Releases Calendar Year 2012 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule with Comment Period
- Calendar Year 2012 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Final Rule Released by CMS
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October 27, 2011
- OIG's 2012 Work Plan - What's in it for Hospital and Physician Providers?
- Federal Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Broadens Access to Uninsured Individuals
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October 13, 2011
- Many State Medicaid Agencies Require Providers to Perform Monthly Exclusion Checks
- Accreditation of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Suppliers Must Be Completed by January 1, 2012
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September 28, 2011
- D.C. Appeals Court Provides Mixed Victory to Provider on DSH Calculation Involving Medicare Part C Days
- CMS Bundled Payment Initiative: An ACO Alternative?
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September 15, 2011
- CMS Wage Index Rules for FY 2012
- DME Competitive Bidding - Get Prepared for Round Two
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September 1, 2011
- Hospitals Suffer Setback in IME Research Case
- CMS Proposes Medicaid Face-to-Face Requirements for Home Health and Medical Supplies and Equipment
- CMS Proposes Rules Impacting Expansion of Qualifying Physician-Owned Hospitals and Patient Notice Requirements
- CMS Delays Submission Deadline for Two Structural Measures Under Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program to November 1, 2011
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August 18, 2011
- CMS Adopts IPPS and LTCH Payment Rates and Policies to Foster Quality-Based Improvements in Inpatient Care
- CMS Finalizes Quality Reporting Rules for IRFs and More Lenient Rules on Size and Square Footage for IRFs and IPFs
- CMS Issues GME/IME Resident Cap Adjustments
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July 27, 2011
- CMS Proposes Physician Payment Reductions for Services Within Hospital Three-Day Payment Window
- CMS Proposes Refinement of Outpatient Supervision Rules for Therapeutic Services
- CMS Proposes Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting – and Eventual Medicare Reimbursement Reduction – Rule
- CMS Proposes Community Mental Health Centers Conditions of Participation
- HIPAA - National 5010 Testing Days are Underway
