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On Aug. 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rules.

On Sept. 27, ACCC provided comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the agency’s proposed CY 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rules.

Calendar year (CY) 2020 begins the transition in the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) payment system away from fee-for-service reimbursement, which is affected by the changing conversion factor, to a payment system that is set with potential changes related to budget neutrality.

Drug pricing reform and a thorough analysis of healthcare spending have been the focus of healthcare leadership across the country since early 2018.

November 26, 2018 The Honorable Gus Bilirakis U.S. House of Representatives 2112 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Ben Ray Lujan U.S. House of Representatives 2231 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative Bilirakis and Representative Lujan, On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing …

In September 2018, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to both the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rules. The arrival of autumn signals seasonal changes, but one constant is the policy implications of the proposed Medicare payment rules …

All eyes are on Congress in recent months with Affordable Care Act repeal and tax reform, but the real action—and consequential reimbursement decisions for ACCC cancer programs—is happening on the regulatory side.

While the 340B Program has grown, and reform has been widely debated by policymakers over the past decade, CMS’ rule proposes to fundamentally alter the program (notably a program that is not within CMS’ purview).