Executive Order on Saving Lives Through Increased Support For Mental and Behavioral Health
On October 5, President Trump issued an executive order creating a cabinet-level working group,The Coronavirus Mental Health Working Group, to facilitate an “all-of-government” response...
State Medicaid Programs Required to Cover Medication Assisted Treatment Effective October 1, 2020
The SUPPORT Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-271) amended the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid programs to provide coverage for Medication Assisted Treatment...
HRSA Rural Health Care Service Outreach Program Application Open
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will make 60 awards with total funding of $12.75 million to enhance the delivery of health care...
CMS Issues New Hospital Reporting Requirements
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued new regulatory requirements to Hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), to report on 38...
HHS Announces Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced $20 billion in new funding for providers under a Phase 3 General Distribution...
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended
United States Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Alex Azar, announced via Twitter on October 2 that he renewed the COVID-19 public health...
CMS Continues to Push Price Transparency Forward
In August, SDAHO shared an article on Price Transparency Rule: Strategic Considerations for Hospitals which included an on-demand webinar regarding the next steps hospital finance...
CMS to Expand Ambulance Program Integrity Payment Model Nationwide
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will expand the Medicare Prior Authorization Model for Repetitive, Scheduled Non-Emergent Ambulance Transport...
CMS Announces $165 Million in Supplemental Funding for States Operating MFP Programs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced $165 million in supplemental funding to states currently operating Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration programs....
HHS Releases Notice on Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on September 19th released a notice outlining reporting requirements for providers that received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments. The notice includes...
