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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]
7 Apr 2020, 3:07 pm
In response to feedback proposed by the PMC and other proponents, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) clarified its coverage policy for next-generation sequencing (NGS) in cancer care. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 9:59 am
The Centers for Disease Control and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services looked into the high fatality rate at the Life Care Center nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, where at least 35 residents or staff have died from the virus. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 7:09 am
"West Virginia Bureau of Medical Services, DHHR Memo to West Virginia Medicaid Providers regarding Medication Assisted Treatment Services Counseling/Therapy Requirements, 3/12/2020. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 4:14 pm
This interruption is due to the closing of testing centers and due to the inability to meet the fingerprinting requirement. [read post]
5 Apr 2020, 8:22 am
On March 28, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is expanding its Accelerated and Advance Payment Program for healthcare providers and suppliers participating in Medicare. [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 12:41 pm
"West Virginia Bureau of Medical Services, DHHR Memo to West Virginia Medicaid Providers regarding Medication Assisted Treatment Services Counseling/Therapy Requirements, 3/12/2020. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 9:05 pm
IN THE NEWS To address the impact of the coronavirus on the U.S. health care system, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued temporary waivers that allow health systems to deliver care and services to uninfected patients at locations other than main hospital facilities such as hotels and dormitories—an effort the federal agency is calling “Hospitals Without Walls. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 2:04 pm
In a letter Wednesday to Life Care Center of Kirkland, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote that the nursing home failed to report an outbreak of respiratory illness to local authorities for two weeks as required by law, gave inadequate care to its residents during the outbreak and failed to provide 24-hour emergency doctor services. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 9:58 am
Trump’s declaration only specified Section 1135 of the Social Security Act, which permits the secretary of HHS to waive or modify certain requirements of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program and of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule throughout the duration of the emergency. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 5:46 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Sheet responding to eight (8) FAQs regarding provider burden relief for COVID-19. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 5:09 pm
On Monday, March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued wide ranging blanket waivers and published an interim final rule intended to “equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility” to respond to COVID-19. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 8:38 am
Liles Parker has published a series of articles highlighting the waivers and other actions taken by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other Federal and State agencies to ease the burden on healthcare providers during the COVID-19 public health emergency.[2] This article is the first in a two-part series that will highlight some of the more significant provisions of the Cares Act. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 6:30 am
This article was originally published at: https://ametros.com/blog/cms-revises-its-consent-to-release-form-requiring-claimants-sign-off-of-understanding-the-wcmsa-process/ Starting April 1, 2020, Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Asides (WCMSAs) that are submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will need to include a new Consent to Release form. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 2:00 am
Subsequent sections of the FFCRA require the Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs to provide similar coverage. [read post]
