When hospice patients die at home, they often leave behind commonly misused controlled substances, such as oxycodone. A 2018 law allows employees of qualified hospice programs to collect and destroy …
From CMS: “Please join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a call on COVID-19 with Home Health and Hospice Organizations today, Tuesday, April 14th at 3:00 PM …
The IRS has extended more tax deadlines to July 15, 2020. The extensions now apply to most taxpayers that have a filing or payment deadline between April 1, 2020 and …
CMS has granted additional temporary waivers to combat COVID-19 and ease the regulation burden placed on providers. Please be aware that at the end of the national emergency declaration, many …
From CMS: “CMS has issued a series of updated guidance documents focused on infection control to prevent the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in a variety of inpatient …
CMS has delivered near $34 billion in the past week to the healthcare providers on the frontlines battling the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The funds have been provided through the …
From CMS: “CMS published the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Rate Announcement, finalizing Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D payment methodologies for CY 2021. This Rate Announcement addresses comments received on …
The Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is postponing the FY2019 NSR deployment due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The deployment date and a due date will be determined at …
CMS has issued an update/correction to the previously released guidance on billing for professional telehealth distant site services during the public health emergency: “Building on prior action to expand reimbursement …
If your business is struggling, you may be able to get some help from the federal Small Business Administration (SBA), which is authorized to provide loans to small businesses on …
