To help eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) successfully participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs in 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Electronic submission of staffing data through the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) is required for long-term care facilities beginning July 1, 2016. To prepare, nursing homes should register to submit data to meet this requirement and maintain...
On November 25, CMS shared the updated 2016 CMS Quality Strategy , which incorporates progress made in shifting Medicare payments from volume to value, including payment reform initiatives, as well as new requirements from the Improving Medicare...
In response to feedback from stakeholders and partners of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes, CMS is sharing the revised survey materials that were developed for the 2014 Focused Dementia Care Survey Pilot and 2015...
On October 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule that updates the payment policies and payment rates for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) on or after January 1, 2016. The...
This week AMDA, submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on their Request for Information (RFI) regarding the implementation of Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and Merit-Based Incentive Programs (MIPS) under the...
his week the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HoD) met to deliberate a number of policies at the 2015 Interim Meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia. During the meeting, attended by AMDA Delegate Eric Tangalos, MD, CMD, Alternate...
The Office of Inspector General for Health and Human Services (OIG) recently issued its 2016 Work Plan, which sets the agenda for its auditing and investigation in the year ahead. The broad mandate of the OIG is to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse...
Model supports quality and care improvements for patients’ transition from surgery to recovery In 2014, more than 400,000 Medicare beneficiaries received a hip or knee replacement, costing more than $7 billion for the hospitalizations alone. Despite...
In discussions and comments received as part of the 2015 White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA), researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders highlighted the lack of research focusing on elder abuse as a major barrier to creating evidence-...
