Publications by Lori A. Wink

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HHS and NIH Revise Research Criteria for Organ Transplants Involving Patients with HIV

[01/15/25]

OIG Releases Report Calling for Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring

[10/18/24]

Key Highlights from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

[09/10/24]

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 Imposes New Requirements on Payers to Improve Prior Authorization Process and Payer, Patient and Provider Communications

[03/20/24]

CMS Finalizes Major Changes to Hospital Price Transparency Rule

[12/04/23]

Advanced Practice Professionals – Time to Review These Arrangements?

[11/15/23]

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]

CMS Proposes to Drastically Change Overpayment Refund Rule

[01/12/23]

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2023: What Providers Need to Know

[12/30/22]

HHS Publishes Proposed Payments for Rural Emergency Hospitals

[08/01/22]

New CMS Payment Model Aims to Improve Cancer Care

[07/12/22]

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

[07/07/22]

CMS Issues First Penalties for Non-Compliance with Hospital Price Transparency Rule

[06/15/22]

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]

Wisconsin Act 23 Update: What You Need to Know

[03/30/22]

OIG’s Continued Focus on DRG Payment Window – Recommends Expanding Medicare 3-Day Payment Window to Cover Affiliated Entities

[02/15/22]

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]

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Hospital Price Transparency Rule

[12/30/20]

UPDATE: Congress Delivers Legislative Relief to Provider Relief Fund Recipients

[12/22/20]

REMINDER: Hospital Price Transparency Requirements Begin January 1, 2021 (Now with CMS Audits)

[12/21/20]

CMS Finalizes 2021 MPFS Final Rule – 3 Key Policy Changes Impacting Flexibility for Non-Physician Practitioners

[12/16/20]

Pulling Back the Curtain: Final Rule Requires Payors to Disclose Rates

[12/02/20]

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]

CMS Interim Final Rule – Increased Requirements and Enforcement for Data Reporting and Lab Testing

[08/27/20]

CMS Releases CY 2021 OPPS and ASC Proposed Rule

[08/06/20]

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]

CMS Flexibilities for Relocation of Provider-Based Hospital Departments During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

[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]

Congress Delays Laboratory Data Reporting Requirements Until 2021

[01/16/20]

Key Takeaways from 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule

[11/08/19]

MAC Attacks on the Rise for Allied Health Education Programs

[10/25/19]

Hospitals Win Battle Over Site-Neutral Pay Cuts

[09/18/19]

CMS Finalizes New Anti-Fraud Tools Aimed at Affiliations

[09/10/19]

Reminder: Many Hospitals Will Be Required to Report Lab Price Data as Part of PAMA Changes

[09/03/19]

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]

Evaluating Ligature Risk Prevention Requirements and Regulations: The Challenges of Protecting Patients Without Restricting Access

[07/22/19]

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]

GAO Lab Report – Sound Analysis? Criticism from Senator Grassley and Others and CMS’s Response

[05/20/19]

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]

Department of Justice Announces Important Updates to Yates Memo Requirements

[12/07/18]

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]

"Organ Procurement and Transplantation: From the Basics to the Issues," Compliance Today, October 2018.

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 Proposes to Eliminate Written Physician Order Requirement as a Condition for Payment for Inpatient Admissions

[05/08/18]

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

[05/03/18]

Are You In or Are You Out? Inpatient Admission Status Is a Key Risk Area for Medicare Providers

[04/26/18]

Finally, a Permanent Fix to the Therapy Caps

[03/27/18]

Medicare Therapy Caps – Expiration of Exception Processes and Applicability to Hospital Outpatient Services

[01/30/18]

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

[01/15/18]

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

[07/24/17]

Sleep Centers Wake Up to Medicare Accreditation Changes

[05/05/17]

Lack of Written Agreement Fatal to Hospital Reimbursement for Medical Resident Off-Site Training; Is Your Hospital Sharing Resident Costs at Nonprovider Sites Now?

[02/20/17]

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]

Final MACRA Rule Issued: It’s Time for Providers to Pick Their Pace

[10/14/16]

CMS Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for New Bundled Payment Models

[08/09/16]

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

[07/08/16]

Provider-Based Takes Another Hit in a Recent OIG Report

[07/01/16]

Wisconsin Hospital Regulations Reformed: July 1, 2016

[06/23/16]

CMS Adopts Updated Life Safety Code Standards

[05/10/16]

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]

CMS Issues Final Overpayment Refund Rule

[02/12/16]

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]

CMS Announces the Creation of a Medical Review Provider Relations Coordinator

[06/06/14]

CMS Proposes to Adopt Updated Life Safety Code Standards

[06/02/14]

CMS Publishes Final Rule on Enforcement Actions for CLIA Proficiency Testing Referral

[05/13/14]

Another Extension to the Medicare Therapy Caps and What’s Next …

[05/08/14]

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

[05/01/14]

MedPAC Recommends Decreasing Payments for Hospital Outpatient Services

[02/06/14]

CMS Publishes 2014 Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule

[12/09/13]

CMS Publishes 2014 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

[12/06/13]

CMS Delays Full Implementation of the 2-Midnight Rule Until January 1, 2014

[10/01/13]

CMS Final Rule Providing Additional Part B Payment to Hospitals Denied Part A Inpatient Payment

[09/25/13]

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

[08/15/13]

2014 IPPS Final Rule – CMS Clarifies Inpatient Admission Criteria to Reduce Payment Uncertainty

[08/14/13]

CMS Revises Its Policy Regarding Therapy Caps for Critical Access Hospitals

[02/06/13]

Time Equals Money: Recent Change to Medicare Overpayment Recovery Period

[01/24/13]

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: More Changes to Medicare Therapy Caps and Payments

[01/04/13]

Medicare Therapy Caps: Changes Effective October 1, 2012 and the Impact on Hospital Outpatients and Others

[09/11/12]

CMS Publishes CY 2013 OPPS/ASC Proposed Rule – Summary of Key Provisions

[08/24/12]

CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Implement Statutory Obligation to Report and Return Overpayments

[02/17/12]

Medicare Changes to the 3-Day Payment Window Rule Impact Physician Billing in 2012

[11/08/11]

CMS Proposes Broad Revisions to the Hospital/CAH CoPs: Welcome Relaxation of Select Rules Just Around the Corner

[10/24/11]

Final Rule Implements State Requirements for Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors

[10/14/11]

Medicare Changes to the 3-Day Window Rule

[08/10/11]

Medicare Changes to the 3-Day Window Rule

[08/08/11]

CMS Proposes to Rescind Signature Requirement on Lab Requisitions

[07/01/11]