On August 1, 2023, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Final Rule for FY 2024 (the Final Rule). In the Final Rule, CMS,...more
8/9/2023
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On December 28, 2021, CMS announced that it would resume enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare providers in areas not covered by injunctions issued by federal courts. As of December 15, 2021, federal...more
1/5/2022
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Last week, HHS launched the application for both Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural payments. As described in the September 13, 2021 Health Headlines, HHS made $25.5 billion in new funding...more
On March 10, 2021, CMS revised its guidance on visitations to nursing homes in acknowledgement of the fact that millions of residents and staff in nursing facilities have received COVID-19 vaccinations in the last few months....more
On October 6, 2020, CMS announced new enforcement measures to ensure hospitals report daily COVID-19 data, with the exception of psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals that must report weekly, to the federal government...more
10/15/2020
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On September 17, 2020, HHS announced details about its $2 billion Provider Relief Fund (PRF) performance-based incentive payment distribution program for nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities originally announced on...more
OIG has updated its FAQs regarding the application of its administrative enforcement authorities to arrangements directly connected with COVID-19 with the addition of two new FAQs. On August 4, 2020, the OIG issued an FAQ...more
8/26/2020
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On March 17, 2020, OIG issued a policy statement titled, “Policy Statement Regarding Physicians and Other Practitioners That Reduce or Waive Amounts Owed by Federal Healthcare Program Beneficiaries for Telehealth Services...more