POWERS Principal, Barbara Williams, provides information regarding Price Transparency Requirements Effective January 1, 2019. Read the memo here.

On Thursday, October 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (“ANPRM”) describing a new Medicare reimbursement model aimed at lowering prescription drug costs. Click here to read the Powers memo.

Powers summarizes key changes to the acute-care hospital IPPS proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for FFY 2019, as well as proposals related to quality reporting programs for cancer hospitals, long-term care and psychiatric facilities.  The proposed rule is in the May 7, 2018 Federal Register.  Comments are due by 5 pm Eastern on June 25, 2018.  The tables and data files for the proposed FFY 2019 IPPS rule are available on the FFY 2019 Proposed Rule Home Page.Read More