Category: CMS Proposed Rules

Medicare payment rules 2025

CMS Unveils Proposed Rules Impacting Medicare Payments for 2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a series of Medicare payment rules that will dramatically impact Medicare payments for 2025. These changes encompass payment rates, coding guidelines, coverage criteria, and quality measures for various healthcare providers. Physicians, in particular, face a proposed average payment rate cut of 2.93% under the fee […]
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IOTA Model

Kidney Disease Patients: Proposed Rule Aims to Increase Transplants

The organ transplant industry, like every other sector (kidney transplants IOTA model), is not free from racial disparities,” remarked U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra. “Black Americans face a disproportionate burden of life-threatening kidney disease, yet they receive a smaller share of kidney transplants. The Biden-Harris Administration is implementing concrete […]
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 2025 CMS Proposed Rule

Proposed Rule for inpatient and LTCHs for FY 2025

2025 CMS Proposed Rule: Announcing this week a proposed rule for inpatient and long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) for the fiscal year of 2025 (FY), federal officials cited an increasing focus on social determinants of health (SDoH). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also prioritized improving maternal health and strengthening emergency preparedness, which noted […]
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2025 CMS Proposed Rules

2025 CMS Proposed Rules for Hospice, Palliative Care, and More

It’s April, and that means it’s time for proposed rules for fiscal year 2025  to emerge. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prevailed this year, releasing proposed rules for inpatient rehabilitation, psychiatric patients, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in late March. I thought a suggestion was worth mentioning. Additional Benefits for […]
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