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Society Members Share Encouraging Results From Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Transitions of Care
March 10, 2017
Several Society members who have been participating in The Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents, that was launched in 2012 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), are encouraged by a...

AMDA – The Society for PALTC Medicine Expresses Concern About ACA Replacement Legislation

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Care Settings/Types, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Medicaid
March 10, 2017
This week, the House Republicans introduced their legislation to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill, the American Health Care Act , was introduced through a budget process known as reconciliation and focuses on...

Predictions & Hopes for 2017 from Society Board

Navigating PALTC
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Attending Physician, Certified Medical Director, Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), Rehabilitation, Transitions of Care
March 7, 2017
We asked the Society’s 2016-2017 Board of Directors to tell us their predictions and hopes for 2017. Here’s what a few of them had to say: Arif Nazir, MD, FACP, CMD I really want to share with you our celebration for an amazing 2016, a great year...

CMS Revised Transitional Care Management Services Fact Sheet

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Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Transitions of Care
March 3, 2017
A revised Transitional Care Management Services Fact Sheet is available. Learn about: Health care professionals furnishing these services and supervision Services settings, components, and billing Frequently asked questions on billing

Senate Finance Committee Votes on Seema Verma to Head CMS

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status
March 3, 2017
This week the Senate Finance Committee is voting on approving Seema Verma to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The committee’s initial vote on Wednesday was a tie and a later vote did not count because it included proxy...

Senate Committee Supports Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act

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Resident
March 3, 2017
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) recently introduced the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act (S.178) . The goal of S.178 is to minimize elder abuse and exploitation, and to establish an infrastructure within...

GAO Report: HHS Needs Better Planning on Increasing Information Exchange in Post-Acute Care Settings

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Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT)
March 3, 2017
This week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly released a report entitled “ HHS Needs to Improve Planning and Evaluation of Its Efforts to Increase Information Exchange in Post-Acute Care Settings .” The report recommends that the...

CMS Awards approximately $100 Million to Help Small Practices Succeed in the Quality Payment Program

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Quality Payment Program (QPP)
February 24, 2017
On February 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded approximately $20 million to 11 organizations for the first year of a five-year program to provide on-the-ground training and education about the Quality Payment Program...

Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice Instructions in New MLN Matters Article

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status
February 24, 2017
A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) MLN Matters Article on Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) Instructions is now available. The article gives instructions on how to use the MOON to inform Medicare beneficiaries when they...

CJR & Other Episode Payment Models Delayed

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
February 24, 2017
The Trump Administration took action to freeze regulations released by federal agencies through a memo issued by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on January 20, 2017. The memo states that agencies cannot release any new regulations or guidance...