Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Quality, Safety & Oversight Group
Memorandum from 10/5/2020
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This article informs you about the implementation of the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Home Health (HH) Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) payment policies.
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Temporary Guidance: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)
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The Review Choice Demonstration will restart for Home Health providers in Illinois, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and Florida.
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Remembering and Honoring Judie Rowland
Read MoreApr 26, 2020 Billing & payments, Medicare Parts A & B, Physicians
Read MoreThis newsletter is a service of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice.
Read MoreThe Trump Administration is issuing an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Read MoreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today temporarily suspended a number of rules so that hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities can boost their frontline medical staffs as they fight to save lives during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Read MoreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today temporarily suspended a number of rules so that hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities can boost their frontline medical staffs as they fight to save lives during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Read MoreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to the protection of patients and residents of healthcare facilities or homecare settings from the spread of infectious disease. This memorandum responds to questions we [CMS] have received and provides important guidance for Hospice Agencies in addressing the COVID-19 outbreak and minimizing transmission to other individuals.
Read MoreThe Trump Administration is issuing an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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We at HealthCare Strategies are working diligently to stay up to date with the latest direction from the CDC and CMS regarding the novel COVID-19 virus. As a result, we are keeping our software platform, HCS Connect™, featuring ConnectOffice™ and ConnectMobile™, up to date with functionality that assists agencies during this time.
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From the Alabama Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Read MoreOn March 22, CMS announced it is granting exceptions from reporting requirements and extensions for clinicians and providers participating in Medicare quality reporting programs with respect to upcoming measure reporting and data submission for those programs.
Read MoreTennCare & MCOs OK Telehealth (virtual & telephonic visits); Legislative Session Postponed
Read MoreA message from Paul Wurm, CEO of HealthCare Strategies
Read MoreThe U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an 1135 waiver to relax certain rules and conditions of participation (CoPs) for hospices and other health care providers after the White House declared a national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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