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1 Jan 2017, 9:30 pm by Thomas D. Campbell
To encourage providers to join the ACOs, Vermont and Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) have said that participants could qualify to receive an Advanced Alternative Payment Model payment—a five percent bonus for participating in the program. [read post]
29 Dec 2016, 9:43 am by ltcdefense
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has unveiled two new websites for consumers that include information comparing rehabilitation facilities and long-term care facilities. [read post]
28 Dec 2016, 10:38 am
Ask for inspection reports.Before they can accept money from Medicare or Medicaid, a nursing home must receive certification from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
28 Dec 2016, 10:38 am
Ask for inspection reports.Before they can accept money from Medicare or Medicaid, a nursing home must receive certification from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
In the waning days of the Obama Administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a lengthy and complex final rule to establish mandatory Medicare bundled payment programs for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), and surgical hip/femur fracture treatment (SHFFT) procedures furnished in designated geographic areas. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 10:56 am by Debra A. McCurdy
”  In particular, GAO concluded: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) formula for determining overall ratings “is not intuitive, which can make interpreting overall ratings difficult for consumers by both complicating the comparison of overall ratings and masking the importance of the component ratings. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 6:42 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The CMS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) continues to launch initiatives to test ways to improve the quality of health care while controlling cost, despite an uncertain fate under the future Trump Administration and Republican-controlled Congress. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 6:10 am by Dean Freeman
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]
17 Dec 2016, 7:00 am by Jon Gelman
The current Federal Court decisional activity involving NJ operating pharmaceutical distributors is reviewed.The new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Centers (CMS) Secondary Payer Act Secondary Payer Act (MSP) offset procedures and adopted regulations, implementing The SMART Act are presented in this supplement. [read post]
14 Dec 2016, 3:49 pm by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the details of its Medicare hospital patient-status appeals settlement (“the 2016 Settlement”), following CMS’ initial announcement of the reopening on September 28th. [read post]
14 Dec 2016, 3:49 pm by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the details of its Medicare hospital patient-status appeals settlement (“the 2016 Settlement”), following CMS’ initial announcement of the reopening on September 28th. [read post]
13 Dec 2016, 11:35 pm by Rebecca C. Morgan Stetson Law
Here are the highlights: GAO found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) collects information on the use of the Nursing Home Compare website, which was... [read post]
13 Dec 2016, 9:55 am by Edward Smith
There are approximately 1.5 million seniors receiving Medicare and Medicaid paid benefits who reside in long term care facilities. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 3:38 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Rule published on December 12 tries to deter  providers from encouraging Medicare and Medicaid eligible dialysis patients to enroll iprivate health insurance  offered through health insurance exchanges that provide higher reimbursement for providers than Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 3:38 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Rule published on December 12 tries to deter  providers from encouraging Medicare and Medicaid eligible dialysis patients to enroll iprivate health insurance  offered through health insurance exchanges that provide higher reimbursement for providers than Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 8:57 am by Hollis Wright
The changes are part of an overhaul by the by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of consumer protections at long-term care facilities. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 8:57 am by Hollis Wright
The changes are part of an overhaul by the by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of consumer protections at long-term care facilities. [read post]
7 Dec 2016, 7:34 am
Well, co-blogger Bob V tells us that the Rocket Surgeons in DC© have just the thing:"[T]he Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering health insurance brokers who enroll 20 or more individual consumers or 20 or more employers through the marketplace the opportunity for a “gold star” in the form of membership in the Healthcare.gov Circle of Champions. [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 9:00 am by Julie LaVille Hamlet
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) updating the Medicare Conditions of Participation (“CoPs”) for long-term care (“LTC”) facilities. [read post]