by Aspirion | Sep 30, 2024 | Legislation, Revenue Cycle Management
The healthcare landscape is undergoing a significant transformation with the implementation of a new Medicare regulation. Effective January 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has enacted rule CMS 4201-F, which mandates that Medicare...
by Andrew Ficco | Aug 20, 2023 | Legislation
A number of states are proposing or enacting legislation requiring hospitals to qualify a patient for their Financial Assistance Program before engaging in an Extraordinary Collection Actions (ECAs). Learn about the potential impacts of these types of legislation and...
by Aspirion | Jan 6, 2021 | Legislation, Workers’ Compensation
Near the end of 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill 2380 into law, establishing that essential workers’ contraction of COVID-19 during the Public Health Emergency is considered work-related and fully compensable for the purposes of workers’...
by Aspirion | Oct 28, 2020 | Legislation
In an effort to improve the patient experience, the healthcare industry is implementing new regulations and expectations regarding price transparency. As part of the new requirements, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Price Transparency Final...
by Aspirion | Sep 30, 2020 | Legislation
Thanks to the recent Georgia Supreme Court ruling in Bowden v. The Medical Center (TMC), Georgia hospitals are free from the fear that filing a hospital lien at their chargemaster rates will result in a claim against them for fraud and negligent misrepresentation by a...
by Aspirion | Sep 20, 2020 | Legislation
In a recently released Care Decision Insights, Humana announced that 145 formerly inpatient-only procedures are now approved at the outpatient level of care. According to Humana, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says that its current inpatient-only...
