On October 6, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released guidance regarding the requirements and enforcement process for hospital reporting of COVID-19 data elements (the “Guidance”). The Guidance...more
This week, rural providers began receiving the next round of Provider Relief Funds as authorized by the CARES Act. Recipients include rural acute care general hospitals, critical access hospitals (“CAHs”), rural health...more
CMS recently published a proposed rule to update certain of the hospital and critical access hospital (CAH) Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation (CoPs). With its goals of modernizing hospital and CAH CoPs,...more
According to a report released on August 15, 2013 by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), almost two-thirds (64 percent) of all critical access hospitals (CAHs) could not meet the location requirements if required to...more