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Payers and hospitals call for a delay until 2023 as they wait for key elements of the NSA to be released and an end to the public health emergency. As the Jan. 1, 2022, compliance date for the No Surprises Act (NSA) that bans surprise (balance) billing approaches, insurers and hospitals are asking to delay […]
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Quality data submission may be optional in the months ahead. If you’re struggling to compile your Medicare quality reporting data, relief is in sight. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering much needed assistance with extensions to submission deadlines and additional hardship exceptions. “CMS recognizes that […]
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If the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) gets its way, lawmakers will require Medicare to reduce the hospice aggregate cap amount by 20 percent and freeze hospice payment rates for 2021. A 20 percent cap reduction would equal nearly 3 percent less in hospice payments. MedPAC Recommendations In its forthcoming March report to Congress, MedPAC will include […]
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