Invest in your Physicians to Reduce the Burnout Epidemic
The physician burnout epidemic is real. Burnout is a long-term stress reaction marked by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and the lack of sense of personal accomplishment. In...
CMS to Hold National Provider Calls on Co-location and Ligature Risk in Hospitals
CMS will hold a National Provider Calls on the draft guidance ligature risk in hospitals on Thursday, June 20 at 1 p.m. (CST). CMS revised...
Statement on Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency
From Rick Pollack, President and CEO of the American Hospital Association.
The AHA appreciates the Administration’s efforts to promote health care transparency on price and...
CMS Announces Voluntary Appeals Settlement Options for IRFs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting requests from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to settle appeals that were filed for redetermination...
CMS Releases CY 2020 Home Health PPS Proposed Rule
SDAHO is currently reviewing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ calendar year (CY) 2020 proposed rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment...
HHS Announces Formation of Quality Summit
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan recently announced the formation of the Quality Summit (QS), which will bring together...
CMS Guidance on EMTALA and Born-Alive Infant Protection Action
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released guidance on Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and the Born-Alive Infant ​Protection Act. ​EMTALA requires...
CMS Releases Two New Rules
Centers for Medicare​ and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted two new rules on​ Tuesday​ related to Nursing Home. The first is a proposed rule on changes to...
Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report
The RELI Group, along with its partners TMF Health Quality Institute and CGS, is contracted with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
CMS Final Rules for SNFs and Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule this week updating payment rates for skilled nursing facilities and for inpatient psychiatric facilities​ for fiscal...
