CMS Issues Proposals to Improve Exchange of Health Care Data and Prior Authorizations

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to improve patient and provider access to health information and streamline processes related to prior authorization for medical items and services. CMS proposes to require certain payers to implement an electronic prior authorization process, shorten the time frames for certain payers to respond […]

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Data Alert: Vital Post-Acute Care and Hospice Provider Data for 2018 Now Available Online

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added the 2018 calendar year to publicly-available online files of the Post-Acute Care and Hospice Provider Utilization and Payment Public Use Files. The Post-Acute Care and Hospice Provider Utilization and Payment Public Use Files (herein referred to as “PAC PUF”) present information on services provided to Medicare […]

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