Hospice Proposed Rule Listening Sessions – Health Equity RFI and Payment

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REGISTER NOW for these listening sessions! Thursday, May 12 Tuesday, May 17 Wednesday, May 18 Friday, May 20 On March 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed FY2023 hospice rule containing a Request for Information (RFI) on health equity, a proposed cap on wage index losses from year to year and […]

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Hospice Proposed Rule Listening Sessions – Health Equity RFI and Payment

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REGISTER NOW for these listening sessions! Thursday, May 12 Tuesday, May 17 Wednesday, May 18 Friday, May 20 On March 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed FY2023 hospice rule containing a Request for Information (RFI) on health equity, a proposed cap on wage index losses from year to year […]

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CMS Stakeholder Call on Medicaid and CHIP Access

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking feedback on topics related to health care access in the Medicaid program. Specifically, CMS is interested in hearing from a broad array of stakeholders on topics relating to: enrolling in and maintaining coverage, accessing health care services and supports, and ensuring adequate provider payment rates […]

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HHS Wants Your View on Regulatory Changes

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Which reg changes made during the pandemic should be permanent? Tell HHS now! The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has  issued a request for information (RFI) soliciting input from a broad array of health care stakeholders on the costs and benefits of the regulatory changes the agency has made in response to the […]

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Tell CMS Your Innovative Approaches & Best Practices

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We want your solutions! Send your responses to katie@nahc.org ASAP! The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a request for information (RFI) on innovative approaches and best practices in health care in response to the COVID19 pandemic. CMS recognizes that providers have rapidly reengineered their policies and programs for both COVID–19 and non- […]

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CMS Proposes to Develop Standard Measures for HCBS

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to develop standard measures to use across the home and community-based services (HCBS) system for voluntary use by states, managed long-term services and supports (LTSS) plans, providers and other entities to address the gaps and recommendations identified in the report. Specifically, it recommends that the […]

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Hospice Survey on Electronic Prescribing Practices – Participate Today!

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Please take this quick, 2-minute survey now! The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is seeking input from hospice providers on their prescribing practices to assist with comments on a recent Request for Information (RFI))  issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Following is some background on the survey, along […]

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CMS Pushes Effort to Curb Medicare Fraud

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CMS wants stakeholder input on how best to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is launching a new five-part campaign to deter and punish waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare program, CMS Administrator Seema Verma wrote in a blog post earlier this week. “Medicare’s transformation […]

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CMS to Hold Interoperability and Patient Access Proposed Rule Listening Session

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Administrator Seema Verma will hold a listening session on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET to discuss the recently-released Interoperability and Patient Access proposed rule. The target audience for this listening session includes all Medicare fee-for-service providers and industry-wide stakeholders. GO […]

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Request for Information on Improving Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries with Social Risk Factors

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), is evaluating the effect of individuals’ socioeconomic status on quality measures and measures of resource use under the Medicare program. The first product of this effort, a December 2016 Report to Congress: Social Risk Factors and Performance […]

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