Rural Healthcare Quality – News
News stories from the past 60 days.
Jul 17, 2025 - Notice of a proposed rule from the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) making changes to
the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
(OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC)
payment system for calendar year 2026, including changes to
the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates
for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid
under the ASC payment systems. Among other updates, this
rule also proposes updates related to the requirements for
the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural
Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory
Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, Overall Hospital
Quality Star Rating, and hospitals to make public their
standard charge information and enforcement of hospital
price transparency. Comments are due September 15, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Jun 27, 2025 - The Consensus-Based Entity (CBE) Report on 2024 Activities
to Congress and the Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services, and the Secretary's comments on the
report, are published by the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) in the Federal Register in accordance with
the Social Security Act. The report includes a summary of
the CBE's consideration of challenges related to quality
measure reporting for rural providers and rural facilities,
and shares recommendations to improve rural health.
Source: Federal Register
Last Updated: 7/16/2025