June 2020

Coronavirus Update for Thursday, June 4

Coronavirus update for Thursday, June 4 as of 2:30 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has published a compendium of Medicare physician fee schedule changes implemented in recent months in response to the COVID-19 crisis. CMS has posted a table that describes COVID-19 adjustments announced yesterday for CMMI model programs. CMS announced that the Nursing Home Compare web site now provides data on COVID-19 cases and deaths in individual nursing homes. Accompanying this announcement is publication of an FAQ on this nursing home data and a memo to state Medicaid programs about the data.   Department of Health [...]

2020-06-05T06:00:43-04:00June 5, 2020|Uncategorized|
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Coronavirus Update for June 3

Coronavirus update for Wednesday, June 3 as of 12:00 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has updated its FAQ on Medicare COVID-19 fee-for-service billing.  All of the changes address national coverage determinations and are clearly marked within the document.  Providers should review them carefully. In response to COVID-19, CMS is providing new flexibilities and adjustments to current and future CMMI models to address the emergency.  It has released a chart that outlines the models and the new changes.  CMS also has written a blog post describing additional CMMI model flexibilities. CMS has released guidance to states supporting implementation of the Optional COVID-19 Testing (XXIII) Group­­­ established by [...]

2020-06-04T10:42:06-04:00June 4, 2020|Coronavirus, COVID-19|
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Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, June 2

Coronavirus update for Tuesday, June 2, 2020 as of 2:45 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Quality, Safety & Oversight Group of CMS’s Center for Clinical Standards and Quality has written to state Medicaid agencies about COVID-19 survey activities, CARES Act funding, and enhanced enforcement for infection control deficiencies and quality improvement activities in nursing homes. The memo calls on states to do a more complete job of inspecting nursing homes for their infection control efforts, proposes penalties for states that fail to do so, and explains that CMS will allocate CARES Act funding based on performance-based metrics.  [...]

2020-06-03T06:00:44-04:00June 3, 2020|Coronavirus, COVID-19|
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Coronavirus Update for Monday, June 1

Coronavirus update for Monday, June 1 as of 3:00 pm. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has added to and modified its CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQ.  Find additions on pages 2, 4, 5, 8, 23, 24, and 25 and modifications on pages 8, 9, and 19.  The latest changes are identified as added or modified on 5/26 or 5/29.  Providers should review these changes carefully. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has issued new guidance to clarify when providers must use modifier CR (catastrophe/disaster-related) and/or condition code DR (disaster-related) when submitting claims to Medicare.  The guidance applies [...]

2020-06-02T06:00:28-04:00June 2, 2020|Coronavirus, COVID-19|
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Coronavirus Update for May 29, 2020

Coronavirus update for Friday, May 29 as of 2:30 p.m. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services In the past week CMS issued five section 1135 waivers to give states greater flexibility to serve their Medicaid beneficiaries during the COVID-19 public health emergency.  It issued waivers to Alaska, Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Vermont. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The CDC has issued emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for two specific commercial diagnostic tests for COVID-19 intended for self-collection in the home or in health care settings. Find them here and here. The CDC has published information on considerations when preparing [...]

2020-06-01T06:00:15-04:00June 1, 2020|Coronavirus, COVID-19|
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