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CMS Updates IPPS Rates, Wage Index and DSH Uncompensated Care in 2024 Final Rule

Hall Render

On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) PPS rule for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule increases the rate for IPPS payments by 3.3%

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Why Data Analytics are Critical in a Value-Based Care (VBC) Environment

AIHC

Medicare changed reimbursement methodology in the 1980s by introducing Relative Value Units (RVUs) and the RBRVS (Resource-Based Relative Value System) for physician reimbursement. healthcare system were exorbitant. These different Acts initiated the testing of alternate forms of delivering care and payment methodologies.

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Why Data Analytics are Critical in a Value-Based Care (VBC) Environment

AIHC

Medicare changed reimbursement methodology in the 1980s by introducing Relative Value Units (RVUs) and the RBRVS (Resource-Based Relative Value System) for physician reimbursement. healthcare system were exorbitant. These different Acts initiated the testing of alternate forms of delivering care and payment methodologies.

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CMS Issues a New “Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes” Proposed Rule

C&M Health Law

The regulations impact CMS-regulated payers and provide incentives for providers and hospitals that participate in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The deadline to submit comments is March 13, 2023. Our initial takeaways are summarized below.

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A Health-Heavy State of the Union

Kaiser Health News

” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in its third edition. Health care was a recurring theme throughout President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address on Capitol Hill this week.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

hospitals Savannah hospitals at full capacity Georgia lawmaker proposes bill to limit AI’s use in health insurance decisions 6 GA Hospitals Among Best In US: New Ranking ‘It can all start there’: This is why Georgia is investing in behavioral health crisis centers $2.2M Researchers secure $1.5

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UnitedHealth Group Confirms Data Stolen in Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack

HIPAA Journal

United Health Group has also confirmed that it has paid out more than $3.3 billion in loans to healthcare providers under its temporary funding program to help ease the financial strain caused by delays to the processing of insurance claims and providers will have 45 days to pay back the loans. military medical health agency.