21st Century Cures Act
CMS Updates Process for Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollment
The Medicare provider enrollment procsss for providers and suppliers interested in becoming a Home Infusion Therapy (HIT) Supplier will treat all applicants as new entrants to the program and require them to comply with all Medicare provider enrollment regulations, according to the 2021 home health prospective payment rate update proposed rule. The 21st Century Cures Act […]
Read MoreElectronic Visit Verification Delay Passes Congress
The United States Senate unanimously approved bipartisan legislation on Tuesday, July 17, to delay until 2020 the start of the electronic visit verification program to document when personal care services are provided. An identical bill passed the House of Representatives last month and now the legislation goes to the White House for President Trump to […]
Read MoreCMS Provides Guidance on EVV Delay
After months of uncertainty, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided guidance on allowing states to delay implementation of electronic visit verification (EVV) for up to one year. The 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) mandates that states implement EVV for all Medicaid personal care services by January 1, 2019, but the […]
Read MoreProposed 2019 Budget Cuts CMS and ONC
The House Appropriations Committee has released a draft 2019 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that proposes boosting the department by about $1 billion to $89.2 billion, but contains significant cuts for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). […]
Read MoreUnderstanding Health IT Certification, Interoperability, and Health Information Exchange
In case you happened to miss the announcement included in the Proposed FY2019 Hospice Payment and Quality Reporting Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the Possible Establishment of CMS Patient Health and Safety Requirements for Hospitals and Other Providers for Electronic Transfer of Health Information. […]
Read MoreONC Releases Draft Specifications for Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released its Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (Trust Exchange Framework) for public comment this week. The Trust Exchange Framework was designed to improve data sharing between the nation’s assortments of health information networks with the goal of creating a “Network of Networks” infrastructure to […]
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