Department of Justice Launches a National Nursing Home Initiative
On March 3, 2020, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate...
Public Health Providers and Coronavirus Disease
CDC will host a webinar for healthcare providers on Thursday, March 5 to help facilities learn what they can do to prepare for COVID-19 including:
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CMS Proposes Changes, Extension of Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement Model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would make changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement...
Proposed Rule to Modernize PASRR
Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review (now referred to as Preadmission Screening and Resident Review, or PASRR) was created as part of the Omnibus...
President Trump Releases FY2021 Budget Request
President Trump has released his fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget proposal. Presidential budgets are routinely ignored on Capitol Hill, where both the House and...
Coronavirus Update
A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and recently spread to additional countries, including the United States. The South Dakota...
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 health policy issues:
Protect Preexisting Conditions...
CMS Updates Overall Hospital Star Ratings
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services​ (CMS) updated the overall hospital quality star ratings at Hospital Compare and data.medicare.gov on January 29th as part of...
ONC Release of Interoperability and Information Blocking Final Rules
At the annual meeting the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) mentioned that the final rules on interoperability and information...
Administration Announces Transformative Medicaid Healthy Adult Opportunity
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Healthy Adult Opportunity (HAO), which is an optional demonstration initiative.
The HAO initiative​ is designed...
