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CMS’ Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs

Healthcare Law Blog

On January 6, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the proposed rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Proposed Rule”). Refining Definitions for Fully Integrated and Highly Integrated D-SNPs (§§ 422.2

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Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

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Reforming Medicare payment. "Physician shortages, already projected to be severe before COVID, have almost become a public health emergency," he added. The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, found that the prevalence of burnout among U.S. physicians was 62.8% in 2021, compared with 38.2% in 2020, 43.9%

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CMS Pushes Publication of Final FFS Adjuster for RADV Audits Rule to February 1, 2023

Healthcare Law Blog

CMS announced today a further extension until February 1, 2023, of the deadline for its publication of the long-awaited final rule on the use of extrapolation and the application of a fee-for-service adjuster (FFS Adjuster) in risk adjustment data validation (RADV) audits of Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs). See 42 U.S.C.

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Doctor Burnout Levels Increasing as a Result of the Pandemic

American Medical Compliance

” Starting in 2011, a study led by Dr. Tait Shanafelt, professor of medicine and chief wellness officer at Stanford Medicine in California, has tracked the wellbeing of doctors and professionals across all other industries in the US. Jack Resneck Jr. doctors was 62.8%. These numbers have increased from 38.2% in 2020, 43.9%

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

Data can be spotty, according to Eye, who says for instance that data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) often lacks racial identifications. According to vice president Ted Hill, it can modernize how public health agencies serve today’s needs. Casetivity can ingest, standardize, and share health data.

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CMS Begins Option to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage

Healthcare Law Blog

On April 1, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced states may seek to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to one year through a new state plan option offered by the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”). 1] Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension Tracker (Mar. 31, 2022). [2]

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Mitigating Serious Fall Risks and Associated Costs and Injuries with AI-Driven Motion Sensor Technology

HIT Consultant

Concerning Times for Seniors The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers falls to be a public health concern, and with good reason. can be attributed to falls, including approximately six percent of Medicare and eight percent of Medicaid expenditures.