Rural Access to Hospice Act Introduced
The bipartisan Rural Access to Hospice Act (S. 1190/H.R. 2594) will fix a technical glitch to ensure seniors can access hospice care and choose...
H.R. 2573 and S. 433 Introduced to Address PDGM Concerns
The house and senate bills specifically address reforms made in the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), a payment model proposed by the Centers for...
CMS Issues Guidance on Hospital Space-Sharing Arrangements
CMS issued draft
guidance regarding co-location or space-sharing arrangements between
hospitals and other providers. The draft guidance would allow hospitals to
share entrances, public areas, hallways, waiting...
CMS Issues Draft Guidance on Ligature Risk
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has
issued draft
revised guidance to clarify its ligature risk policies for psychiatric
hospitals and psychiatric hospital units.
The draft...
CMS Releases FFY 2020 IPPS Proposed Rule
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule....
CMS Primary Care Initiative
On April 22, 2019 the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the CMS Primary Cares Initiative that will provide primary care practices...
CMS Issues FFY 2020 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
released its proposed
rule for the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020 inpatient psychiatric facility
(IPF) prospective payment system (PPS).
CMS...
CMS Releases IRF Proposed Rule FY2020
On April 4 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) prospective payment system...
Seema Verma and CMS are taking a look at Safety & Quality in Nursing...
By Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS is charged with developing and enforcing quality and
safety standards across the...
CY2020 Medicare Advantage and Part D Payment Policy Changes Finalized
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized
its policy and payment updates for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plans for
calendar year...
