Congress extends VA Choice program
With bipartisan support, the House of Representatives approved legislation (S. 544) extending the Veterans Choice Program on Wednesday following Senate passage two days earlier....
Health groups urge Senate to pass opioids bill
More than 200 health groups from across the country signed a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urging...
CMS Issues New Visitation Guidance for Hospitals
​On June 26, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated guidance on visitation for patients testing negative for COVID-19. Because hospital patients...
SAM.gov Unique Entity ID Effective April 2022
Is your organization registered in SAM.gov (System for Award Management)? If so, then you need to be aware of a change that goes into...
CMS offering training for Phase 1 Implementation of new nursing home regulations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is developing online training for Regional Offices (RO), State Survey Agencies (SA) providers and other stakeholders...
Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act Advocacy Campaign
We urge your support for the bipartisan Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act, H.R. 6400. This legislation introduced by Representative Sam Graves (R-MO) and Jared...
Congress makes New Rural Emergency Hospital Designation
The Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021 included legislation establishing a rural emergency hospital (REH) designation under the Medicare program. The new designation will allow existing...
Surgeon General Advisory Targets Youth Mental Health Crisis
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., released an Advisory on Protecting Youth Mental Health, which calls for a “a whole-of-society effort to address longstanding challenges,...
HEROES Act
​On May 15, the United Stated House of Representatives passed the latest round of emergency funding for the COVID-19 pandemic, titled the Health and...
Emergency Triage, Treat & Transport (ET3) Model
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Fact sheet released Feb 14, 2019.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (Innovation Center) Emergency Triage, Treat, and...
