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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently issued a proposed rule to update the Outpatient Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2012, according to a CMS news release. The proposed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Effective Jan. 1, 2025, CMS will begin including phosphate-binders in the end-stage renal disease prospective ...

Hospitals are getting a 2.4% payment increase in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' 2026 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule. The rate reflects a 3.2% projected ...

CMS published its fiscal year 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System final rule on July 31. Here are eight things to know: 1. CMS finalizes ...

The Trump administration has locked in a 2.6% payment rate increase for inpatient services in the coming fiscal year as well as an industry-opposed mandatory payment model for five common surgical ...

Rhode Island is actively transforming its behavioral health system by adopting the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model and implementing the Prospective Payment System (PPS).

Hospitals secured a slightly higher pay bump in the Biden administration's final rule governing outpatient care payments. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initially proposed a 2.8% ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CMS increased the payment rate for dialysis by about 2.7% for 2025. CMS extended coverage to home dialysis for ...