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13 Aug 2017, 7:01 pm
The paper reports in June an obscure regulatory body known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it intends to repeal a “rule that prohibited nursing homes that accept Medicare or Medicaid funds from including language in their resident contracts requiring that disputes be settled by a third party rather than a court. [read post]
Nursing Home Lawsuit Settled After Allegations of Prescribing Powerful Drugs With No Patient Consent
12 Aug 2017, 7:44 am
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found use of these drugs doubled patients’ risk of death. [read post]
11 Aug 2017, 12:19 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has once again extended for six months its “temporary” moratoria on the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment of new nonemergency ground ambulance suppliers and home health agencies (HHAs) in selected states, effective July 29, 2017. [read post]
10 Aug 2017, 9:30 pm
Attorney General sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) asking CMS to cancel a proposed rule intended to rescind an earlier rule disallowing “pre-dispute arbitration clauses in long-term care facility arrangements. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 8:53 am
On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its home health proposed rule for 2018. [read post]
28 Jul 2017, 6:30 am
Medicare Set Aside Compliance – Medicare is Taking Action As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS” or “Medicare”) ratchet up their active monitoring of Medicare Set Aside (“MSA”) accounts, using a professional administrator to help make sure reporting is in order is becoming even more critical. [read post]
27 Jul 2017, 1:21 pm
Rule Would Delay Appropriate Use Criteria Requirement until 2019, Cut Rates for Off-Campus Hospital Departments The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published its proposed rule to update the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) for calendar year (CY) 2018. [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 5:38 am
CMS has published its proposed rule to update Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system rates and policies for calendar year (CY) 2018. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 4:34 am
Agents and brokers planning to market health insurance coverage sold through the health care marketplaces established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) should register and participate in one of the upcoming “Plan Year 2018 Registration & Training Overview For Agents and Brokers” sessions offered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to: Provide Registration and training information for Plan Year (PY)… [read post]
17 Jul 2017, 11:25 am
Last Thursday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its fiscal year 2018 proposed outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center rule. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 6:55 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) part of the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) issued a final rule on January 17, 2017 titled “Medicare Program: Changes to the Medicare Claims and Entitlement, Medicare Advantage Organization Determination, and Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Determination Appeals Procedures,” (Final Rule), that went into effect March 20, 2017. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 6:55 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule on January 17, 2017 titled “Medicare Program: Changes to the Medicare Claims and Entitlement, Medicare Advantage Organization Determination, and Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Determination Appeals Procedures,” (Final Rule), that went into effect March 20, 2017. [read post]
13 Jul 2017, 5:00 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule on January 17, 2017 titled “Medicare Program: Changes to the Medicare Claims and Entitlement, Medicare Advantage Organization Determination, and Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Determination Appeals Procedures,” (Final Rule), that went into effect March 20, 2017. [read post]
30 Jun 2017, 10:23 am
On June 20, 2017, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule which would exempt a greater number of small practices from complying with the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (“MACRA”). [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 10:46 am
That means Social Security, the FAA, the Food and Drug Administration, the Center for Disease Control, the National Weather Service, and countless other institutions of American life. [read post]
13 Jun 2017, 3:17 pm
" Given that the ACA's subject matter includes the provision of health services, health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid processes, and virtually every other aspect of healthcare and its insurance coverage, it would seem virtually impossible for a hospital employee to complain about something that was NOT related to the ACA's subject matter.For healthcare industry employers, this is a very easy standard to meet. [read post]
13 Jun 2017, 11:01 am
In a clear turnabout from its previous position, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule on June 5, 2017 that would lift the agency’s ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements in the long term care (LTC) setting. [read post]
12 Jun 2017, 7:53 am
Upheld by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under the Trump Administration, according to reports, the ban on nursing home arbitration clauses has been lifted. [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 10:44 am
by Mark Kantor and Karl Bayer The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an arm of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, released an announcement on June 5th withdrawing its 2016 Rule prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration agreements for long-term care nursing home contracts. [read post]
5 Jun 2017, 6:25 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is readying a fraud prevention initiative that removes Social Security Numbers (SSN) from Medicare cards to help combat identity theft and safeguard taxpayer dollars. [read post]
