Take online training to get Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) nursing home guidance on COVID-19 preparedness, resident-centered care, and infection prevention and control. You can get a certificate of participation.
Last week, the Society joined over 300 other national medical associations in urging congressional leaders to facilitate a pathway to comprehensive permanent telehealth reform. The groups asked for the continuation of all current telehealth waivers...
Read the Health Care Worker Vaccination Rule letter that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued to health care facility administrators.
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual update to the CMS Program Statistics with data for calendar year 2020. The statistics present a detailed summary on Medicare populations, utilization, and payments...
This report's findings showcase how health-care plans, as well as insurance companies, are not factoring in the mental health and the possibility of substance-use disorders for patients during a pandemic. The report outlines the efforts that the...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to provide relief where possible to clinicians responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). CMS is applying the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) automatic...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the preliminary participation data for the 2020 Quality Payment Program (QPP). CMS released an infographic that summarized their findings. During the pandemic many clinicians had...
In what is hailed as a big win in court for Medicare beneficiaries, last week the Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court and ruled that Medicare beneficiaries whose status in the hospital is changed from inpatient to outpatient have the right...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began posting, for the first time ever, staff turnover rates and weekend staff levels for nursing homes on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website . CMS calculates staff turnover as the...
The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes has released its Antipsychotic Medicare Use and Data report for the second quarter of 2021. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is tracking the progress of the...
