Some states used Medicaid funding mechanisms to plug holes created by Medicare funding flaws and insurer payment denials.

Rural emergency hospitals will be eligible to receive Medicare payments for services provided beginning Jan. 1, 2023. The comment period for CMS’ proposed rule closes on Aug. 29. purchase ...

After initially saying CMS was “pulling” Holly Springs, Miss.-based Alliance HealthCare’s emergency rural hospital status, state health officer Dan Edney, MD, walked back his remarks and ...

After initially approving Holly Springs, Miss.-based Alliance HealthCare System to become the first Mississippi hospital to transition to rural emergency hospital status, CMS is revoking the ...

“CMS acknowledges that it revised the definition in response to our lawsuit, which challenged the definition of multiple source drugs contained in the original rule July 17, 2007.

Many rural hospitals are struggling these days because of low patient counts, Medicare cuts and some Medicare definitions that affect how they are paid. Skip to main ...

Among a raft of changes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued this week, the agency controversially expanded its definition of the medical staff, allowing nonphysician practitioners ...

CMS Provides FAQ About New Law Allowing States To Keep Original ACA Small-Employer Definition Timothy Jost October 20, 2015 Doi: 10.1377/forefront.20151020.051311 ...

News From Around the Web > The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued guidance on how payment adjustments will affect eligible hospitals. The tip sheet outlines the amount of the ...

CMS wants to increase how much it reimburses hospitals for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for fiscal year (FY) 2020. According to a proposed rule released Tuesday, the treatment ...