CMS Data on Geographic Variation in the Medicare Program Released
Centers of Medicare and Medicaid posted the annual release of the Geographic Variation Public Use File, or PUF, with data for 2007 to 2017....
CMS Nursing Home 5 Star Freeze Update
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided LeadingAge with information that the 5-Star Health Inspection Rating freeze will be lifted soon and that...
Hearings on the hill
Busy week next week on the Hill regarding healthcare hot topics.
03/05/19 10:00 AM ESTHearing: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions CommitteeThe Senate Health, Education,...
Health care news around the country
POLITICOPRO Health Care:By Brianna Ehley
The FDA will soon require drug companies to study whether prescription opioids already on the market are effective in managing...
Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool Improved with Medicaid and Rural Data
Feb 22, 2019 - CMS PRESS RELEASE:
​New features offer local communities greater transparency into opioid prescribing rates
Feb 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Grassley Renews Probe of Non-Profit, Tax-Exempt Hospitals
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen.
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is reopening a years-old probe into tax-exempt
hospitals, saying that he's concerned the hospitals aren't using billions of
dollars...
Veterans Community Care Program Proposed Rule Issued
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has issued a proposed ruleimplementing provisions of the Veterans Community Care Program — authorized by the MISSION Act...
U.S. HHS Releases Final Title X Rule Detailing Family Planning Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final rule to revise the regulations governing the Title X family planning program,...
CMS Updates its Emergency Preparedness Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made two changes to its Emergency Preparedness Appendix Z. The first change is adding...
Emergency Triage, Treat & Transport (ET3) Model
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Fact sheet released Feb 14, 2019.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (Innovation Center) Emergency Triage, Treat, and...
