SDAHO Hosts OSHA Update: Additional Inspections Announced for Nursing Care Facilities & Hospitals
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) hosted a webinar with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Office...
President Trump Discusses Healthcare – State of Union 2020
President Donald Trump delivered his third State of the Union address Tuesday Feb 4. President Trump touched on several...
Funding Opportunity for Navigators in States with a Federally Facilitated Marketplace
On June 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO)...
Proposed Rule to Modernize PASRR
Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review (now referred to as Preadmission Screening and Resident Review, or PASRR) was created...
Federal Committee Hearings Update
Senate Finance Committee kicks off next week with a hearing to look at drug pricing, “Drug Pricing in America:...
CMS retreats on Medicare Part D protected classes changes
Politico Pro's Sarah Karlin-Smith
CMS significantly walked back plans to let Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans limit coverage...
No Surprises Act Final Rule Released
The departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury issued the No Surprises Act final rule updating...
MedPAC Releases its June 2020 Report to Congress
Annually in June the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reports on issues affecting the Medicare program as well as...
CMS Approves HCPCS Codes for Chaplains
According to a regulatory alert released by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), CMS has approved Healthcare...
IPPS and IPF rule proposes changes
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a display copy of the federal fiscal year 2018 proposed payment rule for the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). Included with the IPPS proposed rule are proposed changes to the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting (IPFQR) Program.
