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Every U.S. state except Vermont reduced its 30-day, all-condition hospital readmission rate over five years, according to a Sept. 13 CMS announcement.

The head of CMS promised a final rule by Nov. 1 for the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) and said it would allow providers to "pick their pace" of compliance if they so choose.
Here’s something that could help cut down the volume of duplicate Medicare audits coming into your practice.

CMS finalized its decision not to have a national policy for Medicare coverage of gender reassignment surgery; instead, individual Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) will decide whether to cover the procedure.

A proposed HHS/CMS rule on governance of state and federal Obamacare exchange health plans offers payers some breaks in a contentious insurance environment.              

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