Matthew Hutt
Transitioning to New Medicare PPS for Community Health Centers
Medicare PPS Implementation: What FQHCs Need to Know Part 1: Medicare PPS Implementation: Understanding Your Implementation Date and Rates On May 2, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule establishing a new methodology and prospective payment system (PPS) for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) under Medicare Part B. Currently, […]
Health Center Compliance with the Federal 340B Program
The Federal 340B Program has detailed compliance requirements and participants are struggling to understand, comply with, and monitor these requirements. Scrutiny by the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) had been mainly focused on for profit hospital environments; however, the focus is now shifting towards Health Centers and contracted pharmacies. HRSA along with the Office of […]