The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that includes updates and policy changes for Medicare payments under the calendar year (CY) 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and other Medicare Part B issues, effective on or after January 1, 2023.
CY 2023 End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2023 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule (CMS-1768-F) for renal dialysis services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries on or after January 1, 2023.
CY 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update final rule (CMS-1766-F), which updates Medicare payment policies and rates for home health agencies (HHAs). This rule includes routine updates to the Medicare Home Health PPS and the home infusion therapy services’ payment rates for CY 2023, in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements.
Home Health Billing Update: The OASIS-E Launch is Coming
If you’re preparing for home health billing and home health coding strategy updates in 2023, now is the time to catch up on OASIS-E updates and how organizations like yours should get ready. The short answer is that the launch is scheduled soon, and that outsourced home health solutions might help fill in any gaps you have or address concerns.
CMS Announces No Cost Sharing For Bivalent COVID-19 To Children Ages 5 To 11
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently expanded the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 through 11 years. This followed the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization of updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech for children ages 5 through 11 years and from Moderna for children and adolescents ages 6 through 17 years. People with Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage, private insurance coverage, or no health coverage can get COVID-19 vaccines, including the updated Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, at no cost, for as long as the federal government continues purchasing and distributing these COVID-19 vaccines.
