Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The technique involves finding data from public sources such as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Medicare launched a payment system for in-home treatment during the pandemic, and now more than 200 hospitals have been approved by Medicare for the service. offering in-home treatment.

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MARCH 14, 2023

Wound care is provided in various healthcare settings like inpatient hospital, outpatient clinics, long-term care facilities, home health settings, hospice and skilled nursing facilities. The MPFS is a payment system that reimburses healthcare providers for services rendered to Medicare patients in an outpatient setting.

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Medisys Compliance

JUNE 20, 2022

Under Fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare, home infusion therapy (HIT) involves the intravenous or subcutaneous administration of drugs or biologicals to an individual at home. Likewise, nursing services are necessary to train and educate the patient and caregivers on the safe administration of infusion drugs in the home. Medicare Coverage.

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Medisys Compliance

AUGUST 4, 2022

Proposed ESRD Payment System. This rule also proposes an update to the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) dialysis payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by ESRD facilities for calendar year (CY) 2023. Direct nursing services include registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, technicians, social workers, and dietitian.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued new Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance For Nursing Facilities (“Nursing Facility ICPG”) for nursing home members of the health care compliance community.

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Medisys Compliance

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Accurate and timely billing is a fundamental aspect of financial success for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), particularly when it comes to optimizing SNF billing. With Medicare Part A serving as a primary payer for many residents, understanding the intricate landscape of SNF billing is crucial to ensure proper reimbursement and compliance.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The COVID data reporting through the National Healthcare Safety Network (“NHSN”) was first required of nursing homes in May 2020 through an interim final rule. CMS took regulatory action through the Calendar Year 2022 Home Health Prospective Payment System rule to extend those requirements through December 31, 2024.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (“Final Rule”) for calendar year (“CY”) 2024. Standards for benchmarking and data completeness for the Medicare CQM collection type will mirror the MIPS benchmarking and scoring policies.

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Medisys Compliance

APRIL 11, 2024

Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) and Mental Health Counselors (MHCs) can now directly bill Medicare for services they furnish and diagnose. This milestone represents a major victory for the mental health professions, expanding access to much-needed care for Medicare beneficiaries and offering exciting new possibilities for MFTs and MHCs.

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

The panel suggested providers ask themselves “What is your core competency” and “Where do local Medicare Advantage plans have gaps in their coverage and care delivery models” 2.

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Hall Render

JULY 7, 2022

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) signed into law on December 27, 2020, created a new Medicare provider type called a Rural Emergency Hospital (“REH”). The Proposed Rule did not contain the details of the payment policies for REHs, which CMS will develop in separate notice and comment rulemaking.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 11, 2023

On August 7, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule (“Final Rule”) that updated Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024.

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Hall Render

MAY 30, 2023

On April 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year 2024.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

For this alert, “nursing homes” refers to skilled nursing facilities (often known as “SNFs”). In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80 Additionally, this information is now publicly available on CMS’s COVID Nursing Home Data Website. COVID Testing Requirements.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 1, 2022

The proposed payment policies include an initial monthly facility fee of approximately $268,000 per month, which will adjust in future years based on a market-basket update. REHs would also get a 5 percent add-on to most outpatient payments. Proposed REH Payments. 5 Percent OPPS Increase. million per year) for 2023.

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Verisys

JUNE 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services : The US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule update concerning guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities (LTC) and Intermediate Care for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID). All are effective July 5, 2023.

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Hall Render

MARCH 1, 2023

Following this reporting, impacted providers and teaching hospitals will have until May 15, 2023, to review reported payments and investments and to dispute any incorrect reports. During the Dispute Period, Covered Recipients may use CMS’ Open Payments system to formally dispute any information they believe is incorrect.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

On August 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the Fiscal Year 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule (“Final Rule”), finalizing the proposed Transforming Episode Accountability Model (“TEAM”). TEAM will begin on January 1, 2026.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 29, 2024

On August 28, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the Fiscal Year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Final Rule (“Final Rule”), which can be found here.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Medicare changed reimbursement methodology in the 1980s by introducing Relative Value Units (RVUs) and the RBRVS (Resource-Based Relative Value System) for physician reimbursement. healthcare system were exorbitant. These different Acts initiated the testing of alternate forms of delivering care and payment methodologies.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 10, 2023

On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) PPS rule for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule increases the rate for IPPS payments by 3.3%

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

On May 10, 2022, CMS published its proposed revisions to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System for 2023. First, CMS proposed to update the way that it calculates direct GME (“DGME”) payments for fellows in some training programs, responding to the court’s decision in Milton S.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Medicare changed reimbursement methodology in the 1980s by introducing Relative Value Units (RVUs) and the RBRVS (Resource-Based Relative Value System) for physician reimbursement. healthcare system were exorbitant. These different Acts initiated the testing of alternate forms of delivering care and payment methodologies.

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Hall Render

MAY 10, 2024

On April 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced its plan to implement the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (“TEAM”), a new mandatory alternative payment model unveiled as part of the 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule.

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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

On Friday, June 20, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (“PPS Rule”), which has since been published in the Federal Register and is currently open for comment. Speech Therapy 0.21

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Hall Render

JUNE 22, 2022

On Friday, June 17, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (“PPS Rule”). 2021 Home Health Payment Update. Skilled Nursing. Discipline. 2021 Average Number of Visits.

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Redox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Perhaps more importantly, Meaningful Use spurred adoption on the provider side, requiring that providers use certified EHRs to receive Medicare and Medicaid funds. Suddenly, EHR usage was nearly universal and the immunization documentation process was electronifying at the point of care. EHR vendors geared up to take on this new challenge.

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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

The end of the PHE has a significant impact on skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) as it ends the remaining regulatory blanket waivers, revisits resident Medicaid eligibility and changes many COVID regulations that were issued during the PHE. In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80

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Hall Render

JANUARY 26, 2024

Children’s National Hospital taps Clearway to deliver $2.8M Children’s National Hospital taps Clearway to deliver $2.8M

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Hall Render

AUGUST 4, 2023

1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% To Address SDOH Needs U.S. To Address SDOH Needs U.S. To Address SDOH Needs U.S.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The following is our summary of significant nursing home legal and regulatory developments during 2024 of interest to nursing home providers and operators. HPRD for registered nurses (RNs) and 2.45 HPRD for nurse aides. HPRD for registered nurses (RNs) and 2.45 HPRD for nurse aides. Staffing Mandate Rule.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

million in federal funding Dignity Health – Memorial Hospital awarded Primary Heart Attack Center Certification Kaiser trash inspections end in $49M settlement L.A. million in federal funding Dignity Health – Memorial Hospital awarded Primary Heart Attack Center Certification Kaiser trash inspections end in $49M settlement L.A.

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Hall Render

MARCH 15, 2024

NATIONAL 3 things to expect from the pharmaceutical supply chain in 2024 Absence of AI hospital rules worries nurses American Academy of Dermatology votes to keep its diversity policies after anti-DEI proposal Are digital health partnerships replacing M&A?

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

NATIONAL 6 health systems using GPT and AI tools 100,000 nurses left industry during the pandemic, report finds AHA backs bill to delay Medicaid DSH cuts by 2 years AHA launches info hub for healthcare quality leaders AHA opposes MedPAC recommendations to Congress on site-neutral, Part B drug, wage index policies AHA ramps up 340B protection efforts (..)

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Hall Render

JANUARY 31, 2025

million Baptist Health plans emergency tower at flagship campus BayCare pilots AI voice tech to reduce nurse workloads Behind this Florida ASCs’ ‘seamless’ integration of a surgical robot Bham construction firm completes $30M Florida project CEO of new Port St. is Americas loneliest city. is Americas loneliest city.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority chooses new chief executive ARIZONA Arizona couple pleads guilty to $1.2B fraud scheme Banner names Seattle physician-scientist to C-suite role Bill would require Arizona hospitals to ask about immigration status Phoenix Children’s receives $2.25

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Kaiser Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

He took a victory lap on recent accomplishments like capping prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare. And he sparred with Republicans in the audience — who jeered and called him a liar — over GOP proposals that would cut Medicare and Social Security. Here is the tape. We got unanimity!

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