CMS Estimates New Rule Hikes Health Center Pay By As Much As 32 Percent

CMS Estimates New Rule Hikes Health Center Pay By As Much As 32 Percent-insidehealthpolicy: CMS issued Tuesday evening (April 29) the final version of a new ACA-required payment system for health centers that it estimates could increase the centers' pay by as much as 32 percent. Nevertheless, CMS still wants feedback on modifications of a few proposals, including a simplified method for calculating coinsurance when preventive and non-preventive services are on the same claim, Medicare-specific codes for encounter-based pay, and payment for chronic care management services.