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2 Jun 2020, 1:01 pm
A government analysis of data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) found that over 80 percent of the 14,550 nursing homes surveyed fell short of maintaining standard-operating procedures involving the most basic of behaviors by their employees: staying home when they are sick and washing their hands. [read post]
2 Jun 2020, 9:02 am
Senator Pennacchio today asked the administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to assume oversight of New Jersey’s long-term care facilities. [read post]
2 Jun 2020, 6:30 am
When an MSA is submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for review, the injured worker must authorize this through signing a Consent to Release (CTR) form. [read post]
1 Jun 2020, 7:05 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced changes to Medicare enrollment periods to help seniors affected by the coronavirus pandemic. [read post]
28 May 2020, 9:05 pm
The White House and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that new Medicare prescription plans will be available beginning in 2021. [read post]
20 May 2020, 9:41 am
On May 11, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule. [read post]
18 May 2020, 7:26 am
On May 11, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new suite of blanket waivers for hospitals and other health care providers in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.[1] The blanket waivers have a retroactive effective date of March 1, which extends through the end of the public health emergency declaration and, in CMS’s view, “provide the flexibilities needed to take care of patients during the COVID-19… [read post]
15 May 2020, 9:05 pm
Parciak proposes “reforming Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance telemedicine reimbursement,” as well as “requiring liability insurance companies to cover interstate telepsychiatry,” to create greater access to mental health care services during a national shortage of psychiatrists. [read post]
6 May 2020, 9:37 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently issued recommendations to re-open certain healthcare facilities that have not been heavily impacted by COVID-19 to provide essential non-COVID-19-related care to patients without COVID-19 symptoms. [read post]
6 May 2020, 2:00 am
Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) or a recommendation by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [read post]
1 May 2020, 11:45 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has issued additional blanket waivers retroactive to March 1, 2020 through the end of the emergency declaration to help healthcare providers contain the spread of COVID-19. [read post]
27 Apr 2020, 9:15 am
The National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals (NAMSAP) estimates that 70 percent of the Medicare Set-Asides (MSA)s approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) allocate funds for opioids. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 10:37 am
On April 19, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), partnered with the Trump Administration, announced new regulatory requirements will be issued for nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. [read post]
22 Apr 2020, 12:39 pm
Eligible healthcare providers are public entities, Medicare or Medicaid enrolled suppliers and providers, and for-profit and not-for-profit entities that furnish testing and care for COVID-19 as HHS may specify. [read post]
17 Apr 2020, 2:11 pm
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it is increasing payments under Medicare for high-throughput COVID-19 clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. [read post]
17 Apr 2020, 8:10 am
On March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it would temporarily modify the originating sites that are permissible for a Medicare beneficiary to receive telemedicine services by a Section 1135 waiver. [read post]
15 Apr 2020, 8:14 am
The CDC was unable to correct its mistake for weeks.Fewer news accounts have illustrated the role of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which is responsible for regulating all laboratory testing in the United States through its oversight of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 5:36 am
In a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing on April 7, 2020, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma (the “Administrator”) announced that CMS will distribute $30 billion in grants from the Public Health and Social Service Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) to providers to help alleviate the burden that COVID-19 has caused to the healthcare industry. [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 12:36 pm
" Failure to comply with the order may result in administrative or criminal penalties …. [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 9:56 am
Accordingly, the CDC recommended nursing facilities take the following proactive steps, including but not limited to: Restricting all visitation except for certain compassionate care situations, such as end of life situations Restrict all volunteers and non-essential healthcare personnel (HCP), including non-essential healthcare personnel (e.g., barbers) Cancel all group activities and communal dining Implement active screening of residents and HCP for fever and respiratory symptoms Educating and… [read post]
