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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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February 17, 2017
Congressman Tom Price, MD, (R-GA) was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 52-47 to service as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Secretary Price is an orthopedic surgeon that has been in support of repealing the...
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February 17, 2017
During this year’s Annual Conference in Phoenix, don’t miss many of the great policy sessions being offered. On Thursday, March 16th join policy experts for Health Care Reform: MACRA and Beyond for PALTC Practitioners. This policy intensive,...
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February 17, 2017
Tuesday, February 21 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To register or for more information, visit MLN Connects® Event Registration . During this call, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) experts discuss the benefits of providing Chronic Care Management (...