Final Rule
CMS Issues Part One of MA Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the final rule: Contract Year 2021 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Program, Medicare Prescription Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to give the MA plans adequate time to implement the changes, CMS is issuing the […]
Read MoreCMS Issues Regulatory Waivers in Response to COVID-19
On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 31, 2020, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar declared a national public heath emergency. These two declaration permit the Secretary of HHS to invoke the 1135 waiver authority for certain federal regulations in order […]
Read MoreCMS Delays Publication of Discharge Planning Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a one-year extension, until November 3, 2019, to publish the discharge planning final rule for home health agencies. The CMS announcement came as a notice in the Federal Register for the final rule titled: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Revisions to Requirements for Discharge Planning for […]
Read MoreCMS Finalizes Changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register on November 1, 2017, the calendar year (CY) 2018 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update final rule. A significant portion of the proposed rule is dedicated to proposals that update the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP).The changes are many, […]
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