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CMS Proposes FY 2021 Payment Policies for Hospitals; New DRG Proposed for CAR-T Therapies; CMS Seeks Data on Market-based Payment Rates

On the evening of May 11, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2021 proposed rule for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). The rule includes Medicare’s annual payment update as well as policies related to quality measurement, new technology add-on payments (NTAP), and CAR T-cell therapies. [...] Read More

Hospital and Physician Services Deductible and Cost-Sharing Amounts for 2018 Released

This afternoon, CMS released amounts for hospital and physician services deductibles and cost-sharing for Medicare beneficiaries for 2018: Inpatient Hospital Deductible: $1,340 (+$24 from 2017) Inpatient Hospital Daily Coinsurance: $335 (Days 61-90) (+$6/day from 2017) $670 (lifetime reserve days) (+$12/day from 2017) Extended Care Services in a Skilled Nursing Facility: $167.50 (Days 21-100) (+$3/day from […]

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