Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Following this reporting, impacted providers and teaching hospitals will have the opportunity to review reported payments and investments and to dispute any incorrect reports until May 15, 2022. Until this reporting year, the term “Covered Recipients” has referred only to physicians (excluding medical residents) and teaching hospitals.

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Hall Render

MAY 30, 2023

On April 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year 2024.

Nurses 40

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2022

A survey of 5,000 clinicians conducted by experience management firm Qualtrics concluded that only half of nurses and physicians believe in the future of their organizations. Patient engagement vendor GetWell reported that patients diagnosed with COVID-19 using the company’s care management product had a 32% lower hospitalization rate.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 10, 2023

On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) PPS rule for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule increases the rate for IPPS payments by 3.3%

Hospitals 40

Hospitals Medicare Medicare Medicaid 40

Verisys

JUNE 13, 2023

Rule added concerning reported information on nurse alternative programs approved by state licensing boards (§201, Rule 5) Rule added requiring all party states to participate in a coordinated licensure information system for RN and LPN nurses. (§203) Board staff are manually updating records from this time period.

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Hall Render

MAY 10, 2024

On April 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced its plan to implement the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (“TEAM”), a new mandatory alternative payment model unveiled as part of the 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule.

Medicare 40

Medicare Medicare Hospitals Medicaid 40

Medisys Compliance

APRIL 11, 2024

You can bill for services provided in various settings, including your private practice office, hospitals, outpatient clinics, and even some telehealth platforms. Telehealth Considerations Telehealth has become an increasingly important aspect of mental healthcare delivery.

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Medicare Medicare Medical Billing Outsourcing Medical Billing 59

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Resilient Healthcare Employs Extensive Data Analytics Resilient Healthcare provides in-home care for conditions that have traditionally required a hospital stay. The pandemic has significantly boosted in-home hospital care, just as it did telemedicine. Samuel says that before the pandemic, there were just three hospitals in the U.S.

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Medicare Medicare Hospitals Compliance 94

Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

On May 10, 2022, CMS published its proposed revisions to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System for 2023. CMS proposed two changes that would affect reimbursement for graduate medical education (“GME”) programs at teaching hospitals. In the end, no changes to Nursing and Allied-Health reimbursement was proposed.

Hospitals 40

Hospitals Payment Systems Medicare Medicare 40

Hall Render

JULY 11, 2022

A new report from a think tank looked at the amount of charity care and community benefit provided by nonprofit hospitals. Finally, a number of new hospital projects were announced. CMS issued a proposal to overhaul the payment system for post-acute care providers (IRFs, LTACHs, SNFs and home health agencies).

Hospitals 40

Hospitals Payment Systems Public Health Nurses 40

AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Hospital reimbursement also changed. In 1983 Medicare shifted to the inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) and DRGs (Diagnostic Related Groups) and only paying a limited number of days to the hospital regardless of the actual length of stay.

Medicare 59

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

What’s key for home health sponsors is being able to attribute their specific value in a value based payment system having a multi-provider clinical model—this is especially the case where most value based models have the physician group or hospital system as the primary risk taker and home health risk is subcontracted.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Hospital reimbursement also changed. In 1983 Medicare shifted to the inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) and DRGs (Diagnostic Related Groups) and only paying a limited number of days to the hospital regardless of the actual length of stay.

Medicare 52

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The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

ACOs require scaling which small hospitals cannot provide. The costs for EHR and other technology acquisition and maintenance are too costly for smaller hospitals, and pressures of decreased payment rates are increasing on the provider side. Younger physicians prefer associations with larger enterprises.

Hospitals 60

Hospitals ACA Patient Satisfaction Payment Systems 60

Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

On Friday, June 20, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (“PPS Rule”), which has since been published in the Federal Register and is currently open for comment. Physical Therapy 3.30

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicare Payment Systems Governance 52

Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

The end of the PHE has a significant impact on skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) as it ends the remaining regulatory blanket waivers, revisits resident Medicaid eligibility and changes many COVID regulations that were issued during the PHE. Three-Day Prior Hospitalization/Qualifying Hospital Stay. COVID Testing Requirements.

Public Health 40

Public Health Nurses Nursing Homes COVID-19 40

Medisys Compliance

AUGUST 4, 2022

Proposed ESRD Payment System. This rule also proposes an update to the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) dialysis payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by ESRD facilities for calendar year (CY) 2023. Direct nursing services include registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, technicians, social workers, and dietitian.

Medical Billing 59

Medical Billing Medical Billing Outsourcing Payment Systems Medicare 59

Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

million in federal funding Dignity Health – Memorial Hospital awarded Primary Heart Attack Center Certification Kaiser trash inspections end in $49M settlement L.A.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes COVID-19 Nurses 40

C&M Health Law

AUGUST 10, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and enacts changes to the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program beginning in FY 2023. Staffing Levels.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicare COVID-19 Nursing Homes 52

Hall Render

AUGUST 4, 2023

1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% To Address SDOH Needs U.S. To Address SDOH Needs U.S. To Address SDOH Needs U.S.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 Hospitals Nursing Homes Nurses 40

Hall Render

JANUARY 26, 2024

NATIONAL 55% of rural hospitals don’t offer obstetric care: Report Academic health systems are scooping up hospitals AHA says Medicare payments to long-term care hospitals are inadequate AHA Warns Hospitals of IT Help Desk Social Engineering Scheme Amazon Pharmacy connects with One Medical Biden administration reinforces reproductive health obligations (..)

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals COVID-19 40

Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

NATIONAL 6 health systems using GPT and AI tools 100,000 nurses left industry during the pandemic, report finds AHA backs bill to delay Medicaid DSH cuts by 2 years AHA launches info hub for healthcare quality leaders AHA opposes MedPAC recommendations to Congress on site-neutral, Part B drug, wage index policies AHA ramps up 340B protection efforts (..)

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Nurses Nursing Homes 40

Hall Render

MARCH 15, 2024

NATIONAL 3 things to expect from the pharmaceutical supply chain in 2024 Absence of AI hospital rules worries nurses American Academy of Dermatology votes to keep its diversity policies after anti-DEI proposal Are digital health partnerships replacing M&A? From -6.8%

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US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals 40

Kaiser Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And as we discovered in 2017, when they were trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid is actually pretty popular, too, because it takes care of a lot of people’s grandparents in nursing homes. I’m wondering when somebody is going to bring that up. ” Not necessarily. Rovner: And this isn’t really new.

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