CMS creates toolkit for Medicaid provider enrollment requirements
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has created the Medicaid Provider Enrollment Requirements (MPE) Toolkit to update providers enrolling or re-enrolling in...
State lists of 15 most common languages made available for ACA Section 1557 compliance
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Civil Rights has posted new FAQs for compliance with Section 1557 of the Affordable...
Rep. Noem’s IHS reform bill receives Ways and Means Committee approval
With recruitment of quality medical staff being one of the top challenges within Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities in South Dakota, the House Ways...
Moratorium legislative committee holds third meeting
The third meeting of the Regulation on Nursing and Assisted Living Beds Study was held on Sept. 8 in Pierre. As a part of...
CMS to give clinicians more options to comply with MACRA in 2017
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andrew Slavitt said in a blog post Thursday that the agency will give physicians and...
CMS officials meet with SDAHO, member facilities on rural health care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Insurance Specialist Ceilly Robl and Associate Regional Administrator John Hannigan met with SDAHO leadership at the...
Resources available for facilities experiencing issues with DME bidding
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has shared some resources for facilities experiencing issues with durable medical equipment bidding.
LeadingAge says it has...
CMS proposes risk-adjustment, cost-sharing changes for Health Insurance Marketplaces
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday issued a proposed rule that would set the standards governing health insurance issuers and the...
CDC: Two quarters of CDI data calculated with incorrect risk-adjustment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has notified the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that two quarters of Clostridium difficile...
Office of Civil Rights offering non-discrimination webinar
The Office of Civil Rights is offering a webinar on Tuesday, Sept. 13, on new final rule guidance related to on its prohibiting of...
