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The Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) is requesting comments on the recommendations it has received from the Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Standards Review Committee for changes to OMB’s 2010 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards. Among other changes, one proposal would change nearly 150 areas from urban to rural for purposes of... READ MORE

On November 21, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a report (“Report”) outlining what it believes are multiple deficiencies in the Medicare wage index system. OIG recommended several changes, including revisiting the possibility of comprehensive reform and seeking authority to penalize hospitals that submit inaccurate wage... READ MORE