Publications by David H. Snow

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Medicare Finalizes New Labor Market Areas Based on Census Data – Impact on Special Rural Status

[08/06/24]

Medicare’s Proposed Updates to Labor Market Areas and Impact on Special Rural Status

[04/12/24]

CMS Finalizes FFY 2024 Changes for Rural Floor Wage Index Policy

[08/10/23]

CMS Releases FFY 2024 IPPS Proposed Rule; Proposed Change in Rural Floor Wage Index Policy & Wage Index Deadlines

[04/18/23]

HHS Publishes Proposed Payments for Rural Emergency Hospitals

[08/01/22]

CMS Proposes Regulations for Rural Emergency Hospital CoPs and CAH Updates; Providers Wait for Clarification on Payment Policies

[07/07/22]

CMS Releases FFY 2023 Proposed Rule; Proposed Cap on Wage Index Decreases & Wage Index Deadlines

[04/20/22]

Provider Relief Fund Update: New Option to Submit Late Reports

[04/08/22]

CMS Finalizes Co-Location Guidance: Uncertainty Remains

[11/18/21]

Provider Relief Fund Updates: Application Deadline for Additional Funding Approaching as Phase One Reporting Continues

[10/11/21]

Provider Relief Fund Update: Reporting Begins July 1 and Other Changes

[06/16/21]

CMS Releases FFY 2022 Proposed Rule, Triggers Wage Index and Reclassification Deadlines

[04/29/21]

Latest COVID-19 Relief Package Includes $8.5 Billion for Rural Providers

[03/19/21]

OMB Census Recommendations Could Have Huge Downstream Impacts on Medicare Payments

[03/08/21]

Latest COVID Relief Establishes New Rural Provider, Increases Payments for Some Rural Health Clinics

[01/26/21]

Provider Relief Fund Next Steps – Reporting and Audits

[01/14/21]

UPDATE: Congress Delivers Legislative Relief to Provider Relief Fund Recipients

[12/22/20]

Provider Relief Fund FAQs: HHS Just Rewrote the Playbook

[10/30/20]

HHS Revises Provider Relief Fund Reporting Guidelines in Response to Stakeholder Concerns

[10/23/20]

Provider Relief Fund Phase 3: 43 New FAQs & Instructions Posted

[10/07/20]

Additional $20 Billion Allocation – Apply Starting October 5; Payback Delay for Medicare Accelerated Payments

[10/01/20]

HHS Publishes Provider Relief Fund Detailed Reporting Guidelines: Where Did Lost Revenue Go?

[09/22/20]

HHS Rolls Out Medicaid Targeted Distribution, Clarifies Quarterly Reporting Deadline and Updates Other FAQs

[06/26/20]

$175 Billion Health Care Relief Fund: How Much Is Left After New Medicaid/CHIP and Safety Net Hospital Payments Announced?

[06/12/20]

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED – HHS Requesting Updated COVID-19 Patient Data to Inform New Round of High Impact Payments

[06/10/20]

The FAQ Carousel: HHS Continues with More Updates to CARES Act Relief Fund FAQs

[06/01/20]

HHS Extends Deadline for Submitting Relief Fund Attestations (Again)

[05/23/20]

HHS Updates Its CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQs Again

[05/22/20]

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED – Upcoming CARES Act Relief Fund Deadlines and Latest Updates

[05/21/20]

CMS Releases FFY 2022 Wage Index Development Timetable

[05/15/20]

CMS Releases FFY 2021 Proposed Rule, Triggers Wage Index and Reclassification Deadlines

[05/14/20]

Did the Ground Just Shift? CMS Proposes Changes to Hospital Wage Index Areas

[05/13/20]

HHS Extends Deadline for Submitting Relief Fund Attestations

[05/07/20]

New/Updated Terms and Conditions and Hall Render Briefing Document

[04/26/20]

HHS Relief Fund Payment Portal Now Open

[04/26/20]

New Provider Relief Fund Application Guide Website and FAQ Document

[04/26/20]

HHS Outlines Framework for Reimbursing Hospitals and Providers for COVID-19 Testing and Treatment Provided to Uninsured Patients

[04/23/20]

CARES Act Relief Funding: Additional Tranches Announced

[04/23/20]

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED – HHS Requests Data from Hospitals to Inform COVID-19 Provider Funding Distributions

[04/22/20]

First Tranche of Payments from the $100B CARES Funding Relief Being Delivered

[04/10/20]

Updates on $100 Billion Health Care Relief Fund and Medicare Accelerated Payment Program

[04/09/20]

CMS Activates Accelerated Payment Program Nationwide as Part of COVID-19 Response

[03/29/20]

Latest Stimulus Bill Includes Over $100 Billion in Health Care Industry Relief: Providers Should Start Preparing Now

[03/27/20]

Hospital Exact Match Claim Edits Further Delayed Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

[03/25/20]

Key Takeaways from 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule

[11/08/19]

CMS Finalizes New Anti-Fraud Tools Aimed at Affiliations

[09/10/19]

CMS Finalizes Changes for Low Wage Hospitals and Rural Floor

[08/19/19]

CMS Proposes Payment Policy Changes Impacting Hospital Outpatient Department Services – What You Need to Know

[08/02/19]

What You Need to Know about Florida’s Partial Repeal of Its Certificate of Need Law

[07/12/19]

Location Matters Update: CMS Postpones Exact Match Billing Rule – AGAIN

[07/02/19]

CMS Releases FFY 2021 Preliminary Public Use File and Wage Index Development Timetable

[05/22/19]

Medicare Hospital Co-Location Fix? Not There Yet…

[05/07/19]

Wage Index Fix? CMS Proposes Changes for Low Wage Hospitals and Rural Floor

[04/30/19]

CMS Postpones Rules for Billing Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments Until July 2019

[03/29/19]

Location Matters: Get It Right or Don’t Get Paid

[03/06/19]

Hospital Wage Index Reform Deja Vu? OIG Releases Report on Vulnerabilities of Wage Index System, Recommends Overhaul of System

[11/30/18]

CMS Finalizes Several Changes for Off-Campus Provider-Based Clinics

[11/12/18]

OIG Approves of GPO Serving Wholly Owned Entities

[08/10/18]

CMS Proposes Several Changes for Off-Campus Provider-Based Clinics

[08/03/18]

CMS Releases FFY 2020 Preliminary Public Use File and Wage Index Development Timetable

[05/25/18]

CMS Releases FFY 2019 Proposed Rule, Triggers Wage Index and Reclassification Deadlines

[05/03/18]

Provider-Based Mid-Build Exception Starts to Pay Off for Hospitals

[01/15/18]

Federal Judge Denies Hospitals’ Motion to Enjoin Imminent 340B Program Payment Cuts

[12/30/17]

Medicare’s 340B Payment Cut: What Does It Mean for All Hospitals?

[11/08/17]

CMS’s Unfounded “Theory of Relativity” – Major Payment Decrease Proposed for Non-Grandfathered Provider-Based Clinics

[07/24/17]

21st Century Cures Act Provides Legislative Remedy for Mid-Build Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments

[12/09/16]

CMS Final Rule Implements Section 603 Limitations on Payment for Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments

[11/03/16]

Reminder: Critical Access Hospitals in Counties that Changed to Urban in 2014 Must Reclassify as Rural by September 30, 2016

[08/18/16]

CMS Leaves Many Unanswered Questions in Proposed Rules for Off-Campus Provider-Based Exclusion

[07/08/16]

The Medicare Chess Game: New Moves for Some Urban Hospitals

[04/27/16]

CMS to Consider Provider-Based Concerns with Budget Act Implementation

[04/06/16]

Reminder: New Billing Requirements for Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments Effective January 1, 2016

[12/21/15]

Provider-Based: The Visiting Specialist Solution to CMS’s Evolving Exclusive Use Standard

[11/24/15]

Budget Blast: Exclusion of Hospital Payment for “New” Off-Campus Hospital Departments

[11/03/15]

Happy 50th Birthday Medicare and Medicaid: Midlife Crisis or the Golden Years?

[07/30/15]

OIG Issues Favorable Opinion on Financial Assistance Program

[06/11/15]

Medicare’s Shifting Landscape: New Labor Market Areas May Jeopardize Special Rural Status for Certain Hospitals and Create New Opportunities for Others

[08/08/14]

Additional Guidance on the Premium Support Conundrum

[06/16/14]

CMS Issues Final Rule Establishing Medicare FQHC Prospective Payment System

[05/16/14]

OIG Releases Report Recommending Reduction of OPPS Payment Rates to ASC Rates

[05/01/14]

Wisconsin Hospital Association Newsletter, March 21, 2014: “CMS Issues Rule Requiring Insurers Offering QHPs in the Marketplace to Accept Ryan White Program Premium Payments.”

QHPs, FAQs, Sebelius-Grassley Face-Off and the Louisiana Blues: An Update

[03/05/14]

MedPAC Recommends Decreasing Payments for Hospital Outpatient Services

[02/06/14]

CMS Issues Advisory Opinions 2013-01 and 2013-02 Regarding Clinical Labs’ Provision of Devices to Physicians

[11/20/13]

CMS Issues Advisory Opinions 2013-01 and 2013-02 Regarding Clinical Labs’ Provision of Devices to Physicians

[11/11/13]

CMS Issues Proposed Rule Establishing Medicare FQHC Prospective Payment System

[09/30/13]

OIG Recommendations Could Jeopardize Nearly Two-Thirds of CAHs’ Status

[08/15/13]

OIG Issues Advisory Opinion 13-03 Declining to Bless a Commercial Payor Only Physician Lab Arrangement

[06/21/13]

Final Sunshine Rule Requires Reporting of Physician Ownership in GPOs and Health Products Manufacturers

[03/13/13]

Allina Health DSH Case Implications: DSH Payments and 340B Eligibility

[02/14/13]

First in Series on Medicare DSH and Top Cost Report Appeal Issues

[04/10/12]

OIG Advisory Opinion Approves Health System’s Wholly-Owned GPO

[03/16/12]

Possible Rural Health Clinic Deeming Authority on the Horizon – Comments Requested

[11/08/11]

CMS Issues FFY 2012 IRF PPS Final Rule

[08/09/11]

CMS Issues FFY 2012 IPPS Final Rule

[08/02/11]

Proposed Rule: Revised TRICARE Inpatient Payment Methodology for Sole Community Hospitals

[07/22/11]

CMS Proposes Rule to Revise Certain DMEPOS Supplier Standards

[04/08/11]