Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – Medicare
New CMS Medicare Advantage Rule Creates Incentives for Providers to Invest in Telehealth
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday it has finalized changes to Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D. The changes — detailed in a final rule for 2021 — partly seek to strengthen access to telehealth services, an increasingly important component of the health care system amid the ongoing coronavirus emergency. While the […]
CMS expands telehealth options for Medicare Advantage plans
A final rule published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday would allows Medicare Advantage plans to cover more specialties through telehealth. By ELISE REUTER Post a comment / May 22, 2020 at 4:41 PM The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow Medicare Advantage plans to cover a wider range of telehealth […]
CMS Finalizes Telehealth Reimbursement for MA Plans, ESRD Patients
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a final rule on expanded telehealth coverage for members in Medicare Advantage plans and those living with end-stage renal disease. By Eric Wicklund May 22, 2020 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is finalizing plans to expand telehealth coverage in Medicaid Advantage plans. Building on a proposed rule […]
CMS NEWS ALERT: May 11, 2020 (COVID-19)
As part of the ongoing White House Task Force efforts taken in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), following is a summary of recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) actions. To keep up with the important Task Force work being done in response to COVID-19, click here www.coronavirus.gov. For information specific to CMS, please […]
New Bill Aims to Give FQHCs, RHCs Relief From Telehealth Paperwork
The bill aims to fix language in the CARES Act that expands Medicare coverage for telehealth, but swamps it in paperwork and in some cases enables clinics to receive more money for virtual care than for in-person care. A new bill before Congress aims to make it easier for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and […]
CMS Issues Additional Waivers and Guidance on Telehealth
To ensure Medicare beneficiaries have access to necessary care without risking exposure to COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has further expanded telehealth services and relaxed certain requirements related to the same with the issuance of additional waivers (available here) and an interim final rule (IFR) available here. Both the additional waivers and IFR […]
CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 – Physicians and Other Clinicians
Physicians and Other Clinicians: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Trump Administration has issued an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These temporary changes will […]
CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 – Hospitals
Hospitals: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 The Trump Administration is issuing an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Made possible by President Trump’s recent emergency declaration and emergency rule making, these temporary changes will […]
CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 – Teaching Hospitals, Teaching Physicians and Medical Residents
Teaching Hospitals, Teaching Physicians and Medical Residents: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Trump Administration has issued an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These […]
CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 – Long Term Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities and/or Nursing Facilities)
Long Term Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities and/or Nursing Facilities): CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Trump Administration has issued an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus […]
CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 – Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs): CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Trump Administration has issued an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus […]
CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 – Long Term Care Hospitals & Extended Neoplastic Disease Care Hospitals
Long Term Care Hospitals & Extended Neoplastic Disease Care Hospitals: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 04/29/20202 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Trump Administration has issued an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel […]
CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 – Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
4/29/2020 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Trump Administration has issued an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These temporary changes will […]
CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 – End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities
End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 04/29/2020 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Trump Administration has issued an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These […]