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, and coordination of care. Palliative...
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 are estimates pulled at a...
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 State Legislature (NCSL), the National...
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 top priorities for the 2019...
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 into effect Jan. 1 for...
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, loan guarantees and grants to...
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 improving care coordination. The RFI...
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 that even though the farm...
Weekly open enrollment update: Week six
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases weekly enrollment snapshots for the HealthCare.gov platform. These data points are estimates pulled at a...
Overview materials available for SNF Patient Driven Payment Model
On Oct. 1, 2019, the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) will replace the Resource Utilization Group, Version IV (RUG-IV) for the Skilled Nursing...
