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SNFs Expected to Recover from Pandemic Struggles: Summary of 2021 Medicare Report to Congress

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June 10, 2021
Each year in March, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reports to Congress on fee-for-service payment, Medicare Part D, and the Medicare Advantage program (Medicare Part C). The 2021 MedPAC Report discusses consequences of the...

President’s Proposed Budget to Address Rising Drug Costs and PHE Stockpiles

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June 10, 2021
Last week congressional leaders held hearings on the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 . The House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee held hearings to discuss the budget with Xavier Becerra, the secretary of Health and...

Cognitive Assessment: What’s in the Written Care Plan?

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June 10, 2021
Do you have a patient with a cognitive impairment? Medicare covers a separate visit for a cognitive assessment so you can more thoroughly evaluate cognitive function and help with care planning. Any clinician eligible to report evaluation and...

ONC to Launch Public Health Informatics and Technology (PHIT) Workforce Development Program

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June 10, 2021
As part of the American Rescue Plan, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has been awarded $80 million for training, certification, and degree programs in public health informatics and data science at...

The Role of Technology in Aging: New Resources on How to Integrate Technology into the Lives of Seniors

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June 4, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance and versatility of technology, especially in the medical field. The significance of technology for senior Americans was discussed in “The Role of Technology in Aging,” a webinar hosted by Home...

Medicare Shared Savings Program: Submit Notice of Intent to Apply by June 7

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June 4, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting Notices of Intent to Apply (NOIAs) for the Medicare Shared Savings Program January 1, 2022, start date. Visit the Application Types & Timeline and Application Toolkit webpages...

Society Supports the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act

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June 4, 2021
Last week, lawmakers introduced the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021 . Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), Susan DelBene (D-WA), and Ron Estes (R-KS) reintroduced the bi-partisan legislation that would allow all...

Help ONC Define Health Interoperability Outcomes for the Next Decade

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June 4, 2021
Have you submitted your interoperability outcomes yet? The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT ( ONC) wants to hear from you as part of its recently announced “Health Interoperability Outcomes 2030” effort. Submissions can be made...

CMS to Host a Series of Webinars on Quality Measurement

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June 4, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting two upcoming webinars: CMS Quality Measurement: Where It’s Headed and How We’ll Get There (Webinar #1) and Driving Quality in the US: How CMS Evaluates its Measure Portfolio (Webinar...

Updated eCQM Specifications and eCQM Materials for 2022 Reporting Now Available

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June 4, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications for the 2022 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and the 2022 performance...