CMS issues the proposed Payment Notice for the 2020 coverage year
On January 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for the 2020...
Federal Update
The Federal Government is still shut down and President Trump, the United States Senate and the United States House are still in stalemate. The...
Hospital Groups to Congress: Maintain Ban on Self-Referral to Physician-Owned Facilities
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) sent a joint letter to Congress urging them to oppose any legislation...
Federal Government Shutdown Update
The House voted 240-188 to clear a spending bill that would reopen the Treasury Department and the IRS, in addition to other agencies. Eight...
House passed Medicaid Extenders Bill
The House and the Senate passed the extensions late during the last session, but in different bills and they were never reconciled in conference...
New Opportunities for States to Better Serve Dual Eligibles
On December 19th, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to State Medicaid Directors outlining ten opportunities for...
A new poll shows new Congress what to prioritize
A new POLITICO-Harvard poll of US Adults found the top 5 areas where all respondents regardless of party tend to agree: reduce the federal...
The Federal Government still at an impasse
This week, the Democrats took over the United States House of Representatives and elected Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. One of first...
US Health and Human Services is stepping up their cybersecurity assistance
During the last few days of 2018 The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a 4 volume publication which lists...
CMS NEWS: Hospice Provider Preview Reports Now Available
Hospice provider preview reports and Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey provider preview reports have been updated and are now...