340B Recertification for Hospitals began on August 14, 2023, and must be completed by September 11, 2023. The annual 340B recertification is underway and provides an opportunity for a comprehensive …
2022 Occupational Mix Survey for Wage Index Beginning FFY 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is required to collect data every three years on the occupational mix of employees for each short-term, acute care hospital that is …
Medicare Hospital Cost Report Changes
On December 29, 2022, CMS issued Transmittal 18 of the hospital cost report Form 2552-10. The following highlights from the Transmittal are effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or …
Hospital 340B Program Recertification must be completed by September 19, 2022
The annual recertification process for hospitals begins this week. Many of you have already reached out to us for guidance with this process, including assistance reviewing key information in OPAIS. …
HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program and Coverage Assistance Fund Ending
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provided claims reimbursement for testing, treating, and vaccinating uninsured COVID-19 patients and vaccinating underinsured COVID-19 patients through the Health Resources and …
FY 2022 Interim Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated to providers in a memorandum dated November 1, 2021, that DCH is preparing to make interim payments for the State Fiscal …
CRNA Exemption
Under the provisions at 42 CFR 412.113(c), rural hospitals (PPS and CAH) may qualify for cost reimbursement versus fee schedule for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and Anesthesiology Assistants (AAs) …
State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2021 Upper Payment Limit (UPL) Hospital Payments
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated the process of the SFY 2021 Hospital UPL payments. Payments and intergovernmental transfer amounts were provided with a notice to providers …
SFY 2020 and 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Adjusted ICTF Payments
On March 11, 2021, H.R. 1319 was signed into law. The American Rescue Plan Act contains a provision that will result in an increase to the total computable DSH payment …
Low Volume Hospital Payment Adjustments for FFY 2022
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 modified the qualifying criteria for the low volume hospital payment adjustment for fiscal years 2019 through 2022. Under the modified criteria, the payment increases …