From MassHealth: During the fourth quarter of state fiscal year 2020, due to COVID-19, providers experienced an unanticipated and significant reduction in service utilization. As a result of this reduction …
SAMSHA announced that they have revised the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulation (42 CFR Part 2). The new rule allows providers to share SUD client records with other …
CMS is providing notifications to facilities that were determined to be out of compliance with Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements for CY 2019, which will affect their FY 2021 Annual …
From CMS: “CMS announced the agency’s targeted approach to provide additional resources to nursing homes in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hotspot areas. Specifically, CMS plans to deploy Quality Improvement Organizations …
In order to relieve provider burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS temporarily lifted several reporting requirements for hospices. These temporary flexibilities ended on June 30, 2020. Hospices are now expected …
On June 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the distribution of approximately $15 billion from the Provider Relief Fund to eligible providers that participate …
From PEPPER: “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking measures to free up the attention of providers as they respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To this end, …
MassHealth is requiring that all MassHealth nursing facility providers conduct baseline testing of their total Staff for COVID-19 by July 19, 2020, in accordance with the requirements of Nursing Facility …
As part of its response to COVID-19, the IRS has postponed several tax deadlines until Wednesday, July 15, 2020. These postponements generally apply to all taxpayers with a filing or …
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has developed a reopening webpage, which includes vendor resources for procuring PPE. These vendors include state-contracted manufacturers that Massachusetts has historically purchased from who have pivoted …
