The U.S. House of Representatives launched an investigation into the coronavirus crisis in nursing homes, sending letters to CMS and the nation’s five largest for-profit nursing home companies. “The Subcommittee …
The CDC recently updated its COVID-19 testing guidelines for nursing home residents and personnel. The updates include: Reorganized recommendations to address: Viral testing of healthcare personnel (HCP) Viral testing of …
From CMS: “As states and localities begin to stabilize and COVID-19-related healthcare demand decreases, it is important to safely resume care in order to treat ongoing health needs that are …
Today, HHS is announcing additional distributions from the Provider Relief Fund to eligible Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) providers that participate in state Medicaid and CHIP programs. HHS …
The Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation (HOPE) is a standardized patient assessment that CMS is developing for the HQRP. In theory, HOPE will provide hospices with “real-time patient assessments to …
Today, CMS is posting the first set of underlying COVID-19 nursing home data. On April 19, 2020, CMS announced the requirement that nursing homes to inform residents, their families, and …
From CMS: Hospice HIS provider preview reports and CAHPS Survey provider preview reports have been updated and are now available. These two separate reports are available in your CASPER non-validation …
CMS unveiled enhanced enforcement for nursing homes with violations of longstanding infection control practices. The enhanced and targeted accountability measures are based on early trends in the most recent data …
CMS updated their MLN Matters Article on the Medicare FFS Response to the Coronavirus Public Health Emergency. The revised article clarifies when you must use modifier CR (catastrophe/disaster related) and/or …
From UnitedHealthcare: “The following resources will help you quickly reference the effective dates for UnitedHealthcare’s temporary benefit, program and procedure changes related to COVID-19, as well as billing guidelines for …
