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CMS Updates COVID-19 Vaccination Reporting Requirements
Two COVID-19 vaccination reporting requirements have been removed by the CMS regarding Medicare payment ...
AUGUST 6, 2025
CMS Grants NTAP Funding to ASTar System
CMS awarded the New Add-on Payment (NTAP) to the Q-linea ASTar System.
JANUARY 9, 2025
CMS’s Physician Fee Schedule Includes Add-on Code for ID Specialists
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently included a new add-on code for infectious disease ...
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Comment on Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program Guidance
CMS is seeking comment from the public about the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program, which was ...
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
COVID-19 Vaccine and mAbs: Billing for Part A
An often-neglected revenue source are the fees that are available for adminisering an injectable medication or ...
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
COVID-19 Pandemic Brings out the Best—and the Worst
While the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has brought out the best in millions of frontline healthcare workers, it has also ...
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Diagnosing and Treating Sepsis Using the 3-Hour Bundle
One in three hospital deaths are related to sepsis, making sepsis recognition and care in the emergency department ...
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Pressure Injury Diagnosis Is Inconsistent, May Be Inaccurate
In 2008, CMS implemented the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Payment Provision, which evaluates hospital quality based ...
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
CMS Finalizes 2017 Payments for Medicare Health and Drug Plans
CMS says new policies will encourage improvements in growth, affordability, benefits and quality for millions of ...
APRIL 5, 2016
