Medicare & Medicaid
The groups said the rule would pose a burden to hospitals and health systems responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The proposed changes would encourage the development of certain new and innovative home dialysis machines, CMS says.
It will expand access to its Medicare Advantage, individual and family-plan products, and to add fully-insured small business plans.
The reduction is linked to a federal court ruling that established annual deadline-based targets.
The proposed rule also updates home health payment rates for 2021.
A federal judge today sided with the Department of Health and Human Services and rejected providers' claims.
MA plan members want more information on telehealth, according to the J.D. Power U.S. Medicare Advantage study.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma promotes value-based payment models to address race, ethnic disparities and the social determinants.
It will be up to health plans and manufacturers to create the VBP arrangements.
The decision is separate from an HHS OCR final rule that ends nondiscrimination practices based on gender identity.