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CMS Stabilizes Graduate Medical Education Payments in COVID-19 Rule and Extends Deadlines for FTE Cap Agreements

[05/29/20]

Posted on May 29, 2020 in COVID-19 Daily Updates, Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

Teaching hospitals, teaching physicians and other providers will have additional flexibility to respond to the COVID‑19 public health emergency (“PHE”) under an interim final rule with comment period (“Rule”) that CMS published on May 8, 2020. The Rule should work to stabilize teaching hospitals’ graduate medical education (“GME”) payments during the COVID‑19 PHE, and... READ MORE

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Graduate Medical Education: Insights About the 2020 IPPS Proposed Rule and Medical Record Documentation

[06/11/19]

Posted on June 11, 2019 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently made several announcements regarding graduate medical education (“GME”). This article discusses three matters that are particularly significant for teaching hospitals, teaching physicians and other GME stakeholders. First, CMS issued its inpatient prospective payment system (“IPPS”) proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) for fiscal year 2020 and announced... READ MORE

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