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...
The CDC is updating and simplifying the National Healthcare Safety Network ( NHSN ) modules on weekly reporting of COVID-19 vaccination data for LTC facility residents and healthcare personnel. To review these updates to the NHSN Weekly COVID-19...
This site includes an interactive map that shows various data points, including county test positivity and total new cases per 100K: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view . Users should scroll over to see the full table, but moderate...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released revised guidance on nursing home visitation and long-term care facility testing requirements. For communal activities and dining, the new guidance states that “residents who...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar on Thursday, May 6, 2021 from 2:00–3:30 PM ET to provide an overview of the quality and cost performance category requirements for the 2021 performance year of the Merit-...
The Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) Call for Nominations for organizations and individual subject matter experts is open. The MAP is a public-private partnership convened by NQF to provide input to the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
In late April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will issue a Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on Part B claims for chronic care management. Use the data-driven tables to compare your billing and payment patterns with peers in...
CMS revised the Medicare Learning Network Medicare Wellness Visits educational tool. Learn about: Annual wellness visit Initial preventive physical examination FAQs and resources Many Society members have reported billing the Annual Wellness Visit...
On April 16, the FDA revoked the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab, when administered alone , due to a sustained increase in COVID-19 viral variants in the *United States that are resistant to this antibody therapy. The FDA...
Last week the Society, along with the American Medical Association (AMA) and other national medical groups, asked CMS to immediately release 2018, 2019, and 2020 Merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) benchmarks. The groups also urged CMS to...
