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This Week in Washington: White House Releases National Drug Control Strategy...

Perhaps the proposed pay rule will allow providers to tell their story and make CMS personnel understand a reimbursement cut is unreasonable.

On April 11, 2022, CMS issued its FY 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) proposed rule updating Medicare payment policies and rates for SNFs. The...

This Week in Washington: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended for 90 More Days...

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS issued a Proposed Rule to update Medicare payment rates for skilled nursing facilities SNF under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System SNF PPS for fiscal year 2023.

- CMS estimates its proposal will result in a decrease of $320 million in Medicare Part A payments to skilled nursing facilities. - CMS is seeking stakeholder input on the effect...

Renee Kinder On April 11, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and

CMS is eyeing a new measure that would require skilled nursing facilities to report flu vaccination rates among workers.

Biden released his FY 2023 budget request on March 28. COVID-relief funding is mounting as the CDC announced on March 29 that people over 50 and immunocompromised adults are advised to get a fourth COVID vaccine dose. the House passed the Affordable Insulin Act Now Act

2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment OPPPS and ASC Payment Systems Final Rule increases penalties for non-compliance with price transparency rules, reinstated the Inpatient Only list, and implemented policies that signal efforts to navigate present issues.