CMS Issues Enhanced Payments for New COVID-19 Treatments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new inpatient and outpatient payment provisions related to COVID-19 treatments delivered in those settings.
For COVID-19...
CMS Releases Medicaid and CHIP Scorecard
​The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their annual update to the Medicaid and CHIP Scorecard. The scorecard is an effort to...
AHA and CDC release Project Firstline COVID-19 Training for Health Care Workers
In partnership with the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Center for Health Innovation and other national health care organizations, the Centers for Disease Control and...
HHS Distributes First Nursing Home Infection Control Incentive Payment
​The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will distribute $333 million in first round performance payments to over 10,000...
Urge Congress to Support Home Health Telehealth Reimbursement
​The Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act was introduced on a bipartisan, bicameral basis by Senators Collins (R-ME) and Cardin (D-MD) and...
Ransomware Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) held a...
HHS Updates Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements
​Citing pressure from healthcare providers, provider organizations, and members of Congress, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a change to...
HRSA Releases 2019-2020 Report on Health Equity
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released the HRSA 2019-2020 Health Equity Report: Special Feature on Housing and Health Inequalities on October 14, 2020.  The...
CMS launches New Hospital Price Transparency Website
​Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new website to assist hospitals with meeting the requirements of the FY2020...
New Repayment Terms for Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments
​The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the existing Accelerated and Advance Payments Program to Medicare Part A providers and Part B...
