HIPAA and patient privacy in situations of crisis
In light of the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued...
New Medicare cards are coming!
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will soon be issuing every Medicare beneficiary a new Medicare card. The...
Legislative priorities post ACA
With the decision to abandon further efforts to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Congress...
HHS releases strategic plan draft; seeks input
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provided a draft of its FY 2018 – 2022 Strategic Plan for...
CHRONIC Care Act and RAISE Family Caregivers Act pass the Senate
While the majority of people were watching the updates on the Graham-Cassidy bill last week, the Senate was voting...
CMS issues revised S-10 reporting instructions
CMS issued new and revised instructions for charity care and bad debt data reported by hospitals on worksheet S-10...
CMS seeks comments on new direction for CMMI
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a request for information seeking stakeholder input on potential...
Senate vote on Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson abandoned
The Senate will not vote this week on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson proposal to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care...
SD congressional letter requests CMS remove proposed cuts to 340B program
The South Dakota congressional delegation joined together in requesting the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to remove...
Make your voice heard on the Graham-Cassidy bill
It appears likely that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is planning to bring the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson proposed legislation that...
