Becker's Healthcare March 13, 2024
Here are six CMS moves that are helping and hurting ASCs.
Helping
- CMS announced a program that will accelerate payments to Medicare Part A providers and advance payments to Part B providers who were impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
- Under CMS’ Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule, certain payers have to communicate if and why a prior authorization request is denied. Impacted payers must send prior authorization decisions within 72 hours for expedited requests and seven calendar days for standard requests beginning in...