tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 24

Industry Notes: CMS Nixes Some Mandatory Bundled Payments for 2018

Plus: Expect a slight increase for your provider enrollment application fee next year. There was much discourse in 2017 over providers' participation and adoption of mandatory versus voluntary bundled payment models. CMS acted on the public commentary and cut two mandatory payment models set to start on Jan. 1. "CMS announced a final rule and interim final rule with comment period in the Federal Register, which finalizes the cancellation of the Episode Payment Models (EPMs) and the Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Incentive Payment Model that were to begin on January 1, 2018," said CMS in a release on Nov...

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