Susan HuntingtonOn January 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new Medicare information mobile app called “What’s Covered.” The new “What’s Covered”…
In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published very helpful guidance on the implementation of the waiver of the Skilled Nursing Facility…
On January 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a fact sheet announcing a broad array of Medicare Advantage (MA) health plan…
OIG Study Shows ACOs Reduce Costs While Improving Quality
According to a study report released by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) in late August, accountable care organizations…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the Quality Payment Program Hardship Exception Application for the 2017 transition year is now…
CMS Publishes Long-Awaited Guidance on Maintenance Coverage Standard Settlement
On August 24, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited guidance required by the January 2013 Jimmo v. Sebelius Settlement Agreement, which…
As part of its 2018 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Acute Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Final Rule released on August 2,…
Ban on Home Health and Non-Emergency Ambulance Extended Again
Included as part of its final rule on the Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added…
OCR Updates HIPAA Breach Website
On July 25, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it has implemented several changes to its…
OIG Work Plan Includes Review of Medicare Payments for Telehealth Services
The updated Work Plan published this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) includes a new audit…