On April 10, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its proposed rule for the Fiscal Year 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System. Buried in a 2,000 page document is a proposal that will reshape how new medical devices reach Medicare patients. CMS is proposing to repeal what’s called...
The No Surprises Act was passed in 2020 to end surprise medical billing — the practice of patients receiving enormous out-of-network bills they never agreed to, often from providers they didn’t choose. Emergency physicians. Anesthesiologists. Radiologists. The law created an Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process: when a provider and...
Last week, congressional Republicans began quietly laying the groundwork for a second budget reconciliation bill. Congressional leaders said they plan to target healthcare spending as part of a new budget reconciliation bill that could be enacted by July. That’s three months from now. And buried in the framework is...