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NAHC Receives Clarification on CMS Policies for Home Health Agencies
Updated on 03/01/2021 The National Association for Home Care & Hospice ( NAHC) has received additional clarification on Medicare coverage policies for home health agencies. Earlier this month NAHC reported on responses from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on several key outstanding question. In that report...
Read moreHHS Proposes Changes To The HIPAA Regulations
Updated on 02/16/2021 On January 21, 2021 the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to support individuals’ engagement in their care, remove barriers to coordinated care, and reduce regulatory...
Read moreImproving Accuracy of Medicare Payments
Updated on 02/05/2021 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) conducts numerous surveys of hospitals and health care providers that are used by the government to make economic decisions that affect the entire medical care system. Key users include CMS, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the U.S. Congress. CMS...
Read moreCMS Finalizes Definition of “Reasonable and Necessary”
Updated on 01/25/2021 A definition of “reasonable and necessary” is part of the recently finalized rule, Medicare Program; Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) and Definition of ‘‘Reasonable and Necessary’’. As previously reported this rule also establishes a Medicare coverage pathway to provide Medicare beneficiaries nationwide with faster access to new, innovative...
Read moreCMS Issues a Workaround for RAPs Without Value Code 61
Updated on 01/25/2021 Home health agencies (HHAs) have had requests for anticipated payments (RAPs) retuned to providers (RTP’d) related to value code 61. With the no pay RAP policy, effective January 1, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is no longer requiring that HHAs report value...
Read moreCMS Takes Steps to Ensure Medicare Beneficiaries Have Wide Access to COVID-19 Antibody Treatment
Updated on 11/13/2020 Coverage Available at No Cost to Beneficiaries Across Variety of Settings in Health Care System CMS announced that starting November 10, Medicare beneficiaries can receive coverage of monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 with no cost-sharing during the Public Health Emergency (PHE). CMS coverage of monoclonal antibody infusions...
Read moreMay 2020 Newsletter
All of the latest industry news, for you to stay up-to-date in their post-acute care era!
Read moreWindows 7 Will Decommission January 2020 – Is Your Agency Prepared? Watch Video!
Updated on 10/29/2019
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