Aug 2, 2022 | Inpatient Rehab (IRF), Post-Acute Care
CMS Finalized FY23 IRF Policy Updates: The rule finalized a +3.9% update and established a permanent 5% cap for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) payments related to changes in wage index. Click to read more.
Aug 2, 2022 | Behavioral, Inpatient Psych
CMS Finalized FY23 IPF Policy Updates: The rule finalized a +3.8% updated payment rates and establishes a permanent 5% cap in inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF) payments related to changes in wage index. Click to read more.
Jul 29, 2022 | Managed Care Friday
1 in 100,000: Prevalence of Addison’s Disease, which Professor Jiwa Moyez says is a good example of the difficulty physicians can have in diagnosing patient symptoms and over-alerting them without appreciating the stress. Particularly for rare conditions that often require multiple tests before a diagnosis can be confirmed, and that are in all likelihood going to rule out the condition eventually. “The patient has to live with the idea that the test is positive” – or going to be, says Moyez, the associate dean of health innovation at The University of Notre Dame, Australia. The diagnostic...
Jul 28, 2022 | ASC, Hospitals, Outpatient
CY 2023 Proposed OPPS And ASC Rule: For 2023, CMS has proposed a +2.7% rate update to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (HOPPS) and the ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system. Click to read more.
