Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
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Wave 6 Clinician Expert Workgroup Webinars on Cost Measure Development
CMS has contracted with Acumen, LLC to develop episode-based cost measures for their potential use in the cost performance category of MIPS. Part of Wave 6 of measure development, Acumen convenes Clinician Expert Workgroups to provide input on all components of cost measure specifications.
Health IT Hires, Appointments, & Who’s Hiring
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on hiring include Panoramic Health, Aura Biosciences, Inc., Ordr, Pison Technology, Ontada, Wolters Kluwer Health, emtelligent, One Call, HRC Fertility Center, Implicity, DirectTrust, Intelligent Medical Objects, Bamboo Health, & CMS.
Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
In case you missed it, this is recent communication from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Subscribe to their email lists to keep up to date on all press and news releases.
Medicare Shared Savings Program Saves Medicare More Than $1.8 Billion
CMS announced that the Medicare Shared Savings Program saved money for Medicare while continuing to support high-quality care. Specifically, the program saved Medicare $1.8 billion in 2022 compared to spending targets for the year.
Don’t Miss the Deadline to Submit a Hardship Exception Application
On May 1, 2023, CMS opened the Hardship Exception application period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals that participated in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program in calendar year 2022. The deadline for CAHs to submit a Hardship Exception application is September 1, 2023.
Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
In case you missed it, this is recent communication from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Subscribe to their email lists to keep up to date on all press and news releases.
2024 Medicare Hospital IPPS and LTCH PPS Final Rule
On August 1, 2023, the CMS issued the fiscal year 2024 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS) final rule. The final rule updates Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inpatient hospitals and LTCHs for FY 2024.
Revised Guidance for Historic Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
For the first time in history, Medicare has the ability to directly negotiate the prices of covered prescription drugs due to President Biden’s historic prescription drug law, the Inflation Reduction Act.