The Senate Passes Bill to Delay Medicare Sequestration
Modern Healthcare reports that the Senate voted to delay Medicare payment cuts for the rest of the year. The bill is expected to quickly pass through the House and be …
SNFs: Massive Pay Cuts for Physical and Occupational Therapy in 2021!
Yesterday CMS issued its annual Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule that includes updates on policy changes for Medicare payments under the PFS and other Medicare Part B issues, on …
Trump Administration Finalizes Permanent Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services
As part of yesterday’s release of the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, CMS announced that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency telehealth benefits would be made permanent. This is good …
CMS Releases the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
CMS has issued its annual Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule that includes updates on policy changes for Medicare payments under the PFS and other Medicare Part B issues, on …
Acute Hospital Care at Home
CMS announced new steps to increase the capacity of the American health care system to provide care to patients outside a traditional hospital setting amid a rising number of COVID-19 …
Applicability of Reporting Requirements for Home Health Agencies, Hospices, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Long-Term Care Hospitals, and Skilled Nursing Facilities Affected by the California and Oregon Wildfires
CMS is granting exceptions under certain Medicare quality reporting and value-based purchasing programs to home health agencies, hospices, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities located in …
Primary Care First Participant List Released
CMS has released a list of providers and payers participating in the Primary Care First payment model. Primary Care First will begin in January 2021. There are 916 primary care …
Hospice Providers: November 2020 Care Compare Quarterly Refresh is Available Now
The November 2020 quarterly refresh for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. Care Compare is the recently launched, streamlined redesign of eight existing CMS healthcare compare …
CMS will retire the original Compare Tools Websites on December 1st.
From CMS: “In early September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Care Compare on Medicare.gov, which streamlines our eight original health care compare tools. Since then, you’ve …
SNFs: More Scrutiny Coming Your Way! Stay on Top of the 3 Day Inpatient Hospital Stay Requirement.
An Office of Inspector General (OIG) report found that Medicare improperly paid for SNF services when patients didn’t meet the Medicare 3-Day inpatient hospital stay requirement. Here is the summary …