Jun 11, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this week that it is distributing additional funds from the Provider Relief Fund through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Funds will be made available to eligible Medicaid and...
May 28, 2020 | Advocacy, CMS
On May 11, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that updates payment policies, payment rates and quality provisions for service furnished under the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for acute and...
May 28, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19
CMS published an interim final rule that makes regulatory and policy changes to various aspects of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The regulatory changes went into effect on May 8, 2020. This is the second...