May 7, 2020 | CMS, COVID-19
CMS announced this week that they have extended the deadline for acceptance of terms and conditions for receiving CARES Act relief funding from 30 to 45 days. Per CMS, “As an example, the initial 30-day deadline for providers who received payment on April 10, 2020, is...
Apr 16, 2020 | CMS, COVID-19
Every Friday at 12:30 p.m. (EDT), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) holds open conference calls to address the COVID-19 pandemic. CMS offers the opportunity to hear physicians and other health care leaders share their experiences, best practices,...
Apr 9, 2020 | CMS, COVID-19
CMS published a summary of actions taken to ensure clinicians have maximum flexibility to reduce unnecessary barriers to providing patient care during the unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19. The summary includes information about telehealth and virtual visits,...
Mar 12, 2020 | Advocacy, CMS
On March 2, 2020, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from Democratic state attorneys general challenging a lower court ruling that legislative changes to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual mandate rendered the entire law unconstitutional. In 2017, 20...
