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) should require Medicare Advantage (MA)...
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 new enforcement authorities to be...
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 for the health care sector....
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 be enrolled in or validly...
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 an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE)...
November Hospice Care Update
Over the last few weeks, there have been final rules sent out by CMS that impact hospice care. Â
November 1, CMS released the final Home...
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), released the results of the 2022...
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 on CMS’s Care Compare online...
CMS CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Offers New Codes for Those Living...
CMS CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Offers New Codes for Those Living with Serious Illness.
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) has...
FDA clarifies Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dosage for children under 12
Children under age 12 should receive a 0.25 milliliter dose of the 2023-24 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, not the full vial for that age group,...
