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24 Mar 2011, 3:39 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced plans to post new information required by the Affordable Care Act on Nursing Home Compare.The Nursing Home Compare website is a valuable resource for individuals and families faced with the decision of selecting a nursing home. [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 6:19 am
Over the next several years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be implementing quality initiatives in an effort to improve care and reduce costs. [read post]
19 Mar 2011, 12:04 pm
Charts showing the final allotments made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to States of funds to use to pay the Medicare Part B premiums for Qualifying Individuals (QIs) for the Federal fiscal year (FY) 2010 and the preliminary QI allotments for FY 2011 appear in the March 19, 2011 Federal Register. [read post]
19 Mar 2011, 6:39 am
On March 12, 13 prominent medical societies and advocacy groups sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a postponement until, at least, July 1 due to industry and physician confusion in implementing the requirement. [read post]
19 Mar 2011, 5:12 am
The NQF-endorsed measures will be used in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Nursing Home Compare, an online database for consumers to compare the care provided in more than 17,000 nursing homes across the country. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 11:57 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule today regarding the imposition and collection of civil money penalties (CMPs) against nursing homes that are not in compliance with federal requirements of participation. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 11:57 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule today regarding the imposition and collection of civil money penalties (CMPs) against nursing homes that are not in compliance with federal requirements of participation. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 10:01 pm
So decreasing numbers of primary care physicians are taking Medicare or Medicaid. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 9:35 am
Although the regulations are "interim final," the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gave the public until April 19 to comment on them. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 7:20 am
Many Illinois nursing homes have been deemed in need of quality improvement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 11:13 am
On Wednesday, March 9, 2011, congressional hearings revealed that officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have developed plans for an increase in scrutiny for new providers joining these programs, as opposed to going after fraudulent behavior after the fact. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 11:56 pm
The law requires community mental health centers that provide partial hospitalization services to provide at least 40 percent of their services to non-Medicare beneficiaries, which should help reduce fraud by centers that set up shop to prey on Medicare. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 11:46 am
This is going to be relatively easy because the largest payer of hospital and nursing facility care is the Medicare system and the chief policy maker is the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) who serves at the pleasure of the president of the United States. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 8:06 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on March 7, 2011 published proposed consumer disclosure notices that it proposes to require insurers proposing rate increases over 10 percent to electronically file in furtherance of CMS’ implementation of the Affordable Care Act premium rate review regulation published by HHS in December of 2010. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 2:16 am
The speakers urged Congress to consider legislation that would stop the program – similar to legislation that delayed the DME program in 2008 and required the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to make changes. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 2:31 pm
The DHHS recommends that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) work with the states to develop background check procedures and ensure that States conduct background checks consistently. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:11 pm
On February 18, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule (Interim Rule) implementing Section 6113 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 5:48 pm
The regulation, COMAR 14.09.01.19, would establish guidelines for reviewing and approving proposed workers comp settlement agreements in compliance with the review thresholds established by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and spell out the data elements that must be part of all settlement agreements. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 1:12 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced they are preliminarily raising the reimbursement rate for Medicare Advantage plans by 1.6 percent in 2012. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 3:01 am
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) later determined that additional sums would be required to fund the MSA trust and both parties looked to the other for the additional contribution. [read post]
