Court Upholds Hospital Price Transparency 2021 Rules
on June 23, a federal judge upheld CMS regulations for January 2021 expanded price transparency requirements
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Chargemaster Guide for the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Part 2 Laboratory Public Health Emergency CDM topics
Laboratory departments will need to stay vigilant for additional AMA and CMS updates for COVID test coding as well as other regulatory changes during the Public Health Emergency period.
Chargemaster Guide for the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Part 1 – COVID-19 PHE Background & Resources
Proactive monitoring of CMS and other payer coding and claims requirements is more essential now than ever to ensure correct charging, billing and payments.
H&A Comments on Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule
H&A Comments on Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule Price transparency mandates will take on new and more extensive requirements based on a Final Rule published within the Federal Register on 11/16/19. Despite many comments from the industry regarding the rule’s implementation challenges and administrative burdens, CMS’ requirements remain closely aligned with the Proposed Rule and […]
Will Industry Comments on Price Transparency Make a Difference?
Public Comments on Price Transparency were significant. Hospitals and health systems need to start planning now for expanded requirements from CMS.
H&A Comment Letter on 2020 Price Transparency
Here is the H&A Comment Letter to CMS on expanded price transparency for 2020.
June 24th Executive Order: Improving Price & Quality Transparency
An Executive Order was recently issued stipulating expanded healthcare price and quality transparency mandates. Hospital leadership, Revenue Cycle, and CDM Teams must carefully monitor how these mandates unfold.
New Insider Tips for Chargemaster Software Selection
This blog post includes common challenges as well as the best five 'Insider Tips’ for a more proactive approach when selecting a new CDM tool.
Price Transparency “Round 2”– CMS Seeks Input
Price Transparency “Round 2”– CMS Seeks Input The CMS “Pricing Transparency” may be taking a more significant turn based on a proposed rule from March 4, 2019. The topic of hospital prices has now been intertwined with potentially expanding rules on “information blocking”. This article shares a section of the language from a March 4th […]
Department CDM Update Internal Evaluation
This evaluation helps you assess where your facility is in the annual CDM Update process. Department CDM Update Internal Evaluation (Send to all Department Representatives involved in your annual CDM update process) Points Quality/Frequency (as applicable) 1 Bad 2 Poor 3 Fair 4 Good 5 Excellent 0 Not applicable Evaluation Questions ____ 1. Orientation […]