CMS Care Compare begins displaying birthing-friendly hospital designation
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will begin displaying the ‘Birthing-Friendly’ designation icon...
SAMHSA Releases Latest U.S. Survey on Drug Use and Health
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),...
November Hospice Care Update
Over the last few weeks, there have been final rules sent out by CMS that impact hospice care.
November 1,...
Application Process Now Open for the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has released guidelines and opened the application process for the Guiding...
Physicians Must Enroll or Opt-Out of Medicare to Receive Pay for Hospice Services
Beginning May 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require hospice certifying physicians to either...
HHS Announces Next Steps in Ongoing Work to Enhance Cybersecurity for Health Care and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a concept paper that outlines the Department’s cybersecurity strategy...
CMS Releases Rule Implementing New Medicaid Renewal Enforcement Authorities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an interim final rule on December 4th that implements...
Senators Call for CMS to Increase MA Plan Oversight
According to an article published by the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Supervision
Starting January 1, 2024, certain non-physician practitioners (NP, PA, CNS) are permitted to provide direct supervision for cardiac rehabilitation,...
CMS Accepting Applications for Medicare Residency Slots
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the distribution of the first 200 Graduate Medical Education...
