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CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2025 Rates; Quality Programs Requirements; and Other Policy Changes Federal Register

Aug 28, 2024 - Notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revising the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals for fiscal year 2025. This rule also makes changes to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals and updates payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals. Among other things, this rule also finalizes the proposal of a separate IPPS payment for establishing and maintaining access to essential medicines; finalizes a new mandatory alternative payment model called the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), which will test whether financial accountability for selected episode categories reduces Medicare expenditures while preserving or enhancing the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries; and finalizes the proposal requiring respiratory illness reporting for hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) as a condition of participation following the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency requirements. With three exceptions, this final rule is effective October 1, 2024. Instruction 2 (§ 405.1845) is effective January 1, 2025. Instructions 29 and 31 (§ 482.42(e) and § 485.640(d)) are effective November 1, 2024.

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HRSA: Meeting of the Council on Graduate Medical Education Federal Register

Aug 22, 2024 - Announcement of a change to the September meeting of the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME). The meeting was previously scheduled for two days and will now be held for one day on September 12, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern. The agenda a meeting materials will be available on the COGME website.

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VA Accepting Proposals for New Graduate Medical Education Initiative to Expand Health Care Access for Veterans

Aug 7, 2024 - Provides overview of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs new Pilot Program for Graduate Medical Education and Residency, which will provide financial support for physician resident rotations in rural and tribal communities. Notes that the deadline for applications from academic institutions and programs is September 30, 2024.

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