MIPS exceeds first year participation goal
In 2015, Congress passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which changed the way that Medicare pays clinicians by establishing two new...
Comments due July 30 for home health demonstration program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revived a demonstration program - the Review Choice Demonstration - for home health services. The...
EHR hardship exception applications due July 1
Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals may be exempt from Medicare penalties if they can demonstrate that use of certified electronic health record (EHR)...
Conferences Announced: Immunization, infection control and biosafety
Three conferences in the areas of biosafety, immunizations and infection control have been announced for health care providers.
The first conference is free and is...
New SNF rules proposed; comments due June 26
The FY 2019 skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule, published on May 8, includes a very complex patient driven payment...
Dakota at Home: Resources for elderly and disabled
The South Dakota Department of Human Services’ Division of Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) has a new resource center, Dakota at Home, that...
Right to Try legislation signed into law
President Trump recently signed the Right to Try bill, S. 204 (115), allowing terminally ill patients to bypass the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
AHA raises awareness of violence through #HAVhope campaign
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has designated Friday, June 8, as Hospitals Against Violence day of awareness. Â The goal is to focus attention on...
Author, trainer Joe Mull at Rural Health Leaders Conference
Joe Mull, M.Ed, author of Cure for the Common Leader: What Physicians & Managers Must Do to Engage & Inspire Healthcare Teams, will wrap...
Congress continues work on opioid legislation
Last week, House and Senate committees continued working to advance legislation to address the opioid and substance abuse epidemic in the country. The House...
