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Our Nursing Home Industry – A National Scandal

HIT Consultant

It has led me to found Tapestry Health, a multispecialty medical practice that focuses on providing medical infrastructure in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), as well as Project Patient Care, a patient advocacy organization based in Chicago, Illinois. Why should the government be in the job of making nursing homes better?

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CMS Finalizes Major Changes to Hospital Price Transparency Rule

Hall Render

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized significant updates to the Hospital Price Transparency regulation for the first time since the rule took effect on January 1, 2021.

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For Your Information: Government Response to Long COVID

Total Medical Compliance Resources

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Makes Progress in the Whole-of-Government Response to Long COVID U.S. Diagnosis code education: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid developed educational materials for providers so they can use the new ICD-10 code for Long COVID. Agencies across the U.S.

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How Hospitals Can Help Patients Meet Financial Obligation While Driving Revenue Excellence

HIT Consultant

Today, patients are the third-largest payer – behind Medicaid and Medicare. But the patient’s financial experience is often challenging, even for those with insurance. By focusing on three critical areas, providers can help simplify the process and reduce the staggering patient financial burden.

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White House looks to CMMI to test new ways to lower drug prices

C&M Health Law

CMMI has broad statutory authority not only to test, design, and implement health care payment and delivery models for Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but in certain instances, can implement such models without Congressional action. Potential directions CMMI may take to lower drug costs.

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TAKE TWO: CMS’s Second Attempt to Streamline Breakthrough Device Coverage Limited to 5 Devices Per Year

Health Law Advisor

On June 22, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its proposed “Transitional Coverage for Technologies” (TCET) pathway—the Biden administration’s highly anticipated take on a mechanism to expedite coverage for certain devices designated by the U.S. Medicare and Medicaid Serv., 2,987, 2,990 (Jan.

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