HHS Alerts Health Sector to New Ransomware Threat
The Department of Health and Human Services alerted the health sector to a recent ransomware attack on a U.S. cancer center that reduced cancer...
CMS relaxes financial penalties against nursing homes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued new guidelines reversing policies put in place under President Obama scaling back the use...
AHA to hold 2nd Rural Hospital Policy Forum on Capitol Hill
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will hold the Rural Hospital Policy Forum, July 19-20. SDAHO board member, Bryan Slaba, administrator/CEO of Wagner Community Memorial...
CMS issues OPPS, PFS proposed rules for calendar year 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the proposed rules updating the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and physician fee schedule...
House passes bill to extend CHIP, Medicaid DSH relief
Last week the House voted to pass the Championing Healthy Kids Acts of 2017 (H.R.3922) that included a five-year extension of funding for the...
GOP House leaders tweak AHCA in effort to woo votes
House Republicans made several changes to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) in an effort to garner support from GOP holdouts who could prevent...
Senate passes 21st Century Cures Act
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed the revised 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34), which intends to overhaul drug development and accelerate new cures...
Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act
SDAHO and LeadingAge have been working for several years to address the federal Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training lock-out penalty in nursing homes. On...
CDC issues influenza toolkit for long-term care employers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a toolkit to help long-term care employers prepare for the 2016-2017 influenza season.
The CDC...
Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) satisfaction indicator survey is live
The 2017 Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) satisfaction indicator survey is live. Federal law requires that provider satisfaction be a performance standard for the work of MACs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administers the MAC Satisfaction Indicator (MSI) to measure provider satisfaction with the MACs from which they receive services.
