On November 30, 2016, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Cures Act, a bill intended to modernize health care delivery and speed up and improve medical research and innovations by removing bureaucratic...more
12/8/2016
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
MedPAC ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Sunshine Act ,
Telemedicine
On September 28, 2016, CMS issued a final rule to improve the care and safety of nursing home residents in long-term care facilities. The new rules are intended to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions and infections,...more
On August 2, 2016, CMS released a final rule (Final Rule) with updates to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (Hospital IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) affecting...more
8/10/2016
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Affordable Care Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Final Rules ,
Hospitals ,
IMPACT Act ,
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) ,
Inpatient Quality Reporting ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medicare ,
Provider Payments ,
Two-Midnight Rule ,
Value-Based Purchasing