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22 May 2018, 9:00 am
Doctors who use a telemedicine practice must understanding which services they can bill Medicare, Medicaid for, and private insurance carriers. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 3:27 pm
Given the Bookwalter court’s December turnabout and the uncertainty that remains concerning the volume or value standard, clear guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is needed now more than ever. [read post]
4 Sep 2023, 7:27 am
HHS is announcing important new steps to crack down on nursing homes that endanger resident safety: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a rule to set a federal floor for staffing levels, so that nursing home owners could not slash staffing to unsafe levels. [read post]
8 Jan 2024, 11:59 am
If it gets bad enough, the staff may not – or sometimes cannot – maintain the standards and perform all the work that payors like Medicare and Medicaid require when providing healthcare services to patients. [read post]
9 Aug 2016, 11:21 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which supervises nursing homes across the country, posted a memo to state health departments on Friday stating that all nursing homes need to have policies in place that forbid staff from taking and posting humiliating photos of the nursing home residents. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 3:04 pm
” These federal health care programs include Medicare, Washington State Medicaid, the VA Community Care program, the TRICARE program, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits program. [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 11:16 am
In case you didn’t know the frequency of these antipsychotic medications in nursing homes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Government Accountability Office report that “one out of every three elderly nursing home residents diagnosed with dementia” ends up being prescribed such drugs. [read post]
17 Mar 2014, 7:21 am
On the other hand, there is a fairly recent blurb from CMS (Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services) called the “F314 tag” which offers a distinction between “Avoidable” and “Unavoidable” pressure ulcers. [read post]
22 Aug 2023, 9:05 pm
To replace the current system, Simon proposes that FDA should partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to use drug compendia, which are summaries of drug information. [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 3:30 am
He is accused of accepting numerous gifts from donors in exchange for using the power of his office to influence the State Department, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the U.S. [read post]
1 Dec 2022, 2:00 am
Healthcare and other high-contact industries remain subject to other more restrictive COVID requirements (either under federal rules or state law), such as the vaccination and masking rules communicated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for many healthcare entities. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 10:41 pm
SB 1116 is known as the "physician judgment rule”.Regulatory Initiative: CMS CALLS FOR REDUCTION IN NURSING HOMES' USE OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS, 14 No. 25 Westlaw Journal Nursing Home 9, Westlaw Journal Nursing Home June 15, 2012 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced a national initiative to reduce the use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes by 15 percent by the end of the year. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 5:11 am
Data compiled by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show Tennessee ranks fourth out of 50 from the bottom in the number of hours per patient per day provided by certified nurse assistants. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 6:10 am
The decision was solidified after the facility received a letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services detailing how another nursing home resident died when her cigarette set her clothes on fire. [read post]
18 Sep 2021, 1:30 pm
Therese took a “lax approach to the pandemic’s deadly potential” and instructed staff to ignore guidelines from the state’s Department of Health, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 1:13 pm
Smoking Standards to Understand When Choosing a Nursing Home in Fort Lauderdale The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revisited smoking rules for nursing homes back in 2011, after the death of a patient in a smoking-related incident. [read post]
12 Oct 2016, 4:45 pm
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has deemed pressure sores to be a “never event” in health care (that is, an adverse event that’s unambiguous (clearly identifiable and measurable), serious (resulting in death or significant disability) and usually preventable. [read post]
20 Apr 2017, 8:19 am
In general, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services tallies all allegations of nursing home abuse – including those involving sex-related offenses – into a single category. [read post]
7 Dec 2019, 9:54 am
Stamer has worked extensively with domestic and international hospitals, health care systems, clinics, skilled nursing, long term care, rehabilitation and other health care providers and facilities; medical staff, accreditation, peer review and quality committees and organizations; billing, utilization management, management services organizations, group purchasing organizations; pharmaceutical, pharmacy, and prescription benefit management and organizations; consultants; investors;… [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 10:18 am
In addition to this ETS, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released today a Vaccination Interim Final Rule (“IFR”) requiring workers at healthcare facilities participating in Medicare or Medicaid to be fully vaccinated. [read post]
