Medical Billing & Collections
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at HHS announced the resolution of eleven investigations in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative, bringing the total number of these enforcement actions to …
CMS has released updated COVID-19 testing guidance (QSO-20-38-NH Revised) for all nursing homes. Two major changes include a requirement for ALL residents and staff to be tested immediately, whether they …
CMS) is now posting data on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots administered to nursing home residents and staff on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website. The data will show resident and staff booster rates at …
CMS will begin posting for the first time ever, staff turnover rates and weekend staff levels for nursing homes on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website today. Staffing in nursing homes has a …
The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is almost here. IRF-PAI and LTCH CARE Data Set …
Today CMS released two new memos that update visitation procedures and and survey actions for skilled nursing (SNF) providers. In the first memo, available here, CMS is telling providers to …
CMS is making it easier to check COVID-19 vaccination rates for nursing home staff and residents with a new feature on Medicare.gov. Nursing Home vaccination data will be available in a …
CMS is hosting a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call today, Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 4:00pm – 4:30pm ET During this call, CMS will provide a recap of recent announcements …
CMS, in collaboration with the CDC, is developing an emergency regulation requiring staff vaccinations within the nation’s more than 15,000 Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing homes. This new requirement is a …
A new report from OIG shows the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Medicare beneficiaries in U.S. nursing homes in 2020. It provides objective, standardized data based on Medicare …