The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the Interoperability and Patient Access Proposed Rule that would require CMS-participating hospitals (those who receive reimbursement for Medicare patients) to send notifications of a patient’s inpatient admission, discharge, and/or transfer (ADT) to community providers and
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released new guidance to help surveyors identify when to cite health care providers or suppliers for violations of health and safety regulations that cause serious harm or death to a patient, and require immediate action to prevent further
Read more →CMS has extended to March 14 the deadline for hospitals participating in the Inpatient Quality Reporting and/or Promoting Interoperability Programs to submit data for at least four electronic clinical quality measures from any quarter of calendar year 2018 to receive a full payment update in
Read more →The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed rule that would amend the safe harbor regulation concerning discounts, which are defined as certain conduct that is protected from liability under the Federal anti-kickback statute, Section 1128B(b) of the Social
Read more →The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Jan. 22 call for clinical diagnostic laboratories, including hospital outreach laboratories, on collecting and reporting data for the Clinical Diagnostic Test Payment System. Under the physician fee schedule final rule for calendar year 2019, many
Read more →CMS issued a final calendar year 2019 update to the home health prospective payment system (HH PPS). The rule will update both the payment rates and case-mix weights for home health agencies (HHAs) for CY 2019. For home health services beginning on or after
Read more →The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that is intended to “revise the applicable conditions of participation (CoPs) for providers and conditions for coverage (CfCs) as a continuation of its efforts to reduce regulatory burden in accordance
Read more →Attached from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is a list of emergency policies and procedures that can be done without an 1135 waiver. More emergency preparedness guidance isonline here.
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NCHA Comments on CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care
NCHA submitted a comment letter on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Managed Care proposed rule. NCHA is pleased with CMS’s recognition of the critical nature of the use of pass-through payments as a mechanism
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