Yesterday, CMS announced a streamlined survey and certification process for psychiatric hospitals. Beginning in March 2020, CMS will implement a streamlined process in which psychiatric hospitals will receive one comprehensive hospital survey …
Duke University’s Margolis Center for Health Policy has released a new study examining all the latest changes in supplemental benefits offered by Medicare Advantage Plans. Key among the changes is …
The gig economy—also called sharing economy or access economy—is activity where people earn income providing on-demand work, services or goods. Often, it’s through a digital platform like an app or …
States are using Medicaid funding to pay for behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment at non-federally approved facilities, according to a report from MACPAC released this month. Like many …
MassHealth is amending the Personal Care Attendant program regulations to update and clarify certain requirements of the MassHealth Personal Care Attendant (PCA) program. The amendments promote the effective operation of …
This Wednesday, January 8th at 2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET), CMS is hosting the next Home Health, Hospice, and DME Open Door Forum. This call will be Conference Call Only. To …
From Modern Healthcare: “A proposal to ramp up reporting requirements is threatening one of skilled nursing operators’ most significant revenue streams and could dent profitability, analysts said.” “CMS’ proposed new rule would …
From CMS: Hospice provider preview reports and Hospice CAHPS Survey provider preview reports have been updated and are now available. These two separate reports are available in your CASPER non-validation …
From CMS’ Open Door Forum: “Abt Associates is currently recruiting hospice providers to participate in a field test (called an alpha test) of the new hospice patient assessment instrument, titled …
CMS has released a fact sheet about VBID which, among many changes, includes the Medicare Advantage Carve-In Demonstration for hospice. From CMS: CY 2021 VBID Request for Applications CMS is …
