Notice to Home Health Billing Staff on Rural Add-On Payment Code Effective January 1,...
Home health rural add-on payments will now vary based on the county in which the service was furnished. Medicare...
Hospice, IRF, and LTCH provider preview reports available
Hospices, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRF), and Long-term Care Hospitals (LTCH) provider preview reports have been updated and are now...
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care – 4th edition Now Available
Palliative care focuses on expert assessment and management of pain and other symptoms, assessment and support of caregiver needs,...
Weekly open enrollment update: Week 7
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases weekly enrollment snapshots for the HealthCare.gov platform. These data points...
Big Things Happening with Health Care, Workforce & Licensure
In 2017, the US Department of Labor announced a grant award of $7.5 million to the National Conference of...
Last of the Legislative Forums
The Association team had a busy three days last week talking with area legislators and members about the Association’s...
New price transparency requirements released by CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released additional information on new price transparency requirements that go...
Farm bill will impact access to broadband
The 2018 farm bill will raise the annual budget for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) budget for broadband loans,...
HSS seeks public input on improving HIPAA rules
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Dec. 12 released a request for information (RFI) focusing on...
Farm bill includes new rural health programs
The House and Senate earlier this week passed a $867 billion farm bill. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) states...
