Tell Congress to “Get Real on Ratios” in Nursing Homes
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is poised to issue a rule imposing a federal minimum staffing...
CMS Updates the Public Health Emergency Fact Sheet
On February 27, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated fact sheet to help healthcare...
Congress Must Act: Staffing Ratios for Nursing Homes Must be Realistic
As part of the Biden Administration’s nursing home care initiative, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is...
OCR: HIPAA Breaches Down, Compliance Complaints Up in 2021
HIPAA-covered entities reported 609 breaches of unsecured protected health information in calendar year 2021, 7% fewer than in 2020,...
Changes to Prescribing Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
Effectively immediately, the federal requirement to have a waiver (DATA X-waiver/Notice of Intent) to prescribe medications for the treatment...
HHS Releases Guide to Prevent Denial-of-Service Attacks, Cyberthreat Year-in-Review
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) yesterday released a guide to help...
AHA, CHA Urge Vaccination to Prevent COVID-19, Flu and RSV Infections
A new video from the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) is reminding the public how...
Office of Inspector General Audits Advance Care Planning Billing Codes
The Coalition to Transform Advance Care (C-TAC) recently shared the results of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG)...
AHA Urges Action as HHS Prepares to Sunset COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
As the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) prepares to end the COVID-19 public health emergency on May...
Report: 2022 Worst Financial Year for Hospitals Since Start of Pandemic
Last year was the worst financial year for U.S. hospitals and health systems since the start of the COVID-19...
