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On February 28, 2023, six of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), who administer Medicare reimbursement on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), came together for a multijurisdictional contractor advisory committee (CAC) meeting. [read post]
16 Mar 2023, 1:14 pm by Brent Wieand
Check with Medicare.gov: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) maintains a database of nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
16 Mar 2023, 11:27 am by Lisa Siegel
  Wellstar receives a significant amount of income from federally funded Medicare and Medicaid programs. [read post]
16 Mar 2023, 8:13 am by Epstein Becker Green
In this episode of the Diagnosing Health Care Podcast:  In conjunction with the national COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other federal agencies have issued waivers and other declarations with the goal of giving providers flexibility in order to render services during the PHE. [read post]
The budget proposes to reduce the federal deficit by nearly $3 trillion over the next decade; it aims to expand the solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund by 25 year [read post]
15 Mar 2023, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a proposed rule to implement requirements of the Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). [read post]
13 Mar 2023, 3:23 pm by luiza
The underlying wrongdoing centers around Precision Lenses providing physicians with extravagant gifts as a quid pro quo for higher rates of using its products. [read post]
13 Mar 2023, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
During the COVID-19 PHE, HHS and its constituent agencies, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), waived many regulatory requirements to create additional flexibility for providers to help ensure that beneficiaries’ needs for healthcare items and services continued to be met during the pandemic. [read post]
9 Mar 2023, 10:09 am by Tara Lynott
In addition to these new regulations, Brown writes that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants “state survey agencies” to mandate safety training for all nursing home employees. [read post]
8 Mar 2023, 2:02 pm by Chris Skelton
Medicare and Medicaid Two government programs that can help cover some types of healthcare costs are Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
8 Mar 2023, 12:59 pm by Tara Lynott
Marselas writes that according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the new metrics will include the turnover rates for RNs, and administrators as well as the number of nursing home staff present at facilities on weekends. [read post]
8 Mar 2023, 4:17 am by karplawfirm
Medicare-certified hospice services must have doctor, nursing and pharmacy services on call 24/7. [read post]
7 Mar 2023, 7:56 am by Alexis Boaz
On February 9, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a fact sheet and its initial guidance documents addressing the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program for Medicare Parts B and D (the “Inflation Rebates”)—a critical component of the sweeping prescription drug pricing changes enacted through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”). [read post]
6 Mar 2023, 1:56 pm by Kevin LaCroix
[viii] Without employer compensation or benefits, Boomers may no longer be adding or even maintaining wealth as they begin to use investment portfolio income to supplement Social Security and Medicare. [read post]
6 Mar 2023, 7:03 am by MARISSA PLESCIA - MEDCITY NEWS
James Comer (R-Ky), House Committee on Oversight and Accountability chairman, sent letters to the Office of Personnel Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Defense Health Agency asking for documents that show how PBMs’ practices are affecting federal government healthcare programs. [read post]
2 Mar 2023, 10:42 am by Alexis
The Five-Star Quality Rating System was created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide a quick summary of a nursing home’s overall level of quality. [read post]
1 Mar 2023, 12:24 pm by Ben Vernia
In 2019, Saratoga Center was placed on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Special Focus Facility list – a list of the worst-performing nursing homes in the United States. [read post]