From HHS: Today, the Trump Administration, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is announcing it has completed review of Phase 3 applications from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) …
CMS is holding their next Open Door Forum for home health, hospice, and DME providers. The Open Door Forum will take place on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 PM at 2:00-3:00 …
CMS announced a new voluntary payment model: The Geographic Direct Contracting Model (Geo). Geo will test an approach to improving health outcomes and reducing the cost of care for Medicare …
The November 2020 quarterly refresh for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. Care Compare is the recently launched, streamlined redesign of eight existing CMS healthcare compare …
HHS has changed the rules for COVID-19 Provider Relief Grant funds yet again. In their most recent flip-flop, HHS is now allowing providers to keep grant funds up to the …
Congress has passed the Under the new “Continuing Appropriations Act” of 2021 and the “Other Extensions Act.” Thanks to these new laws, repayment of your Medicare advanced or accelerated loan …
With everyone’s attention being consumed by COVID-19, it’s easy to forget about important new payment model demonstrations coming up. The Hospice Medicare Advantage Carve-In demonstration is still starting in 2021 …
From the RELI Group: “The PEPPER Team has updated the maps that display the PEPPER retrieval rates for PEPPERs accessed via the PEPPER Resources Portal for each state/territory. Percentages reflect …
As part of the development of new hospice quality measures, Abt Associates, under contract with CMS, convened a Technical Expert Panel (TEP). This report provides a summary of their first …
From CMS: “CMS is finalizing three Medicare payment rules that further advance our efforts to strengthen the Medicare program by better aligning payments for inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF), skilled nursing …
