1. CMS bookmarked $9 billion for the 2,600 340B hospitals to repay unlawful payment cuts, and nearly half, $4.3 billion, is planned for 100 of those hospitals, according to data from the Community Oncology Alliance.
2. CMS fined four more hospitals for alleged price transparency violations, according to a Sept. 1 update to its price transparency enforcement website.
3. CMS is launching a new population health-focused payment model aimed at addressing chronic disease, behavioral health and overall improvement of care management for states’ populations.
4. CMS proposed installing staffing requirements in nursing homes Sept. 1, a few days after the agency posted, then unpublished, research that failed to find a recommended staffing level in skilled nursing facilities.
5. CMS said all federal independent dispute resolution processes are temporarily suspended in response to a Texas judge’s latest ruling in a series of lawsuits challenging provisions of the No Surprises Act.
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