The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at HHS recently announced that it will audit the distribution of $50 billion in coronavirus relief funds to hospitals and other eligible healthcare...
A new coronavirus relief bill is looking to give providers another $100 billion in grants for healthcare-related expenses and lost revenue directly attributable to the public health emergency resulting...
Stakeholders are unsure how the recent stimulus aid package will impact their healthcare organization while battling the coronavirus, largely because many of the details regarding the aid are still...
A leading hospital group criticized CMS for its latest efforts to move forward with hospital price transparency requirements that will require hospitals to disclose their privately negotiated rates to...
Inpatient Medicare reimbursement could increase by 1.6 percent in the fall, according to a newly proposed rule from CMS.
Announced earlier today, the proposed rule would update the Inpatient...
Massachusetts, Alaska, and Minnesota are among the states with the most comprehensive healthcare price transparency laws, which require providers, payers, or both to disclose costs to consumers, a new...
Leading hospital groups are urging the Department of Justice to ease penalties from the Anti-Kickback Statute and other federal healthcare fraud laws during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
For...
In an effort to bolster the healthcare system’s response to COVID-19, CMS recently unveiled additional Medicare payment flexibilities for providing telehealth, value-based care, and care outside...
HHS recently announced its plans for distributing the rest of the $100 billion provider relief fund from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, including $10 billion to...
UPDATED 04/24/2020: The House passed the coronavirus relief bill on April 23. The bill is on the president's desk.
Hospitals are to get another $75 billion in emergency funding for combatting...
As COVID-19 outbreaks start to wane in certain areas, CMS is releasing guidance on resuming non-emergent, elective services to non-coronavirus patients without symptoms.
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Healthcare providers in COVID-19 hotspots should get the rest of the $100 billion in emergency funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Democratic Senators recently...
CMS is nearly doubling Medicare payment for high-production coronavirus lab tests in efforts to boost COVID-19 testing capacity and monitoring in nursing home communities and other coronavirus...
In an effort to maximize the healthcare workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS is now allowing physicians to virtually treat patients at rural hospitals and nurse practitioners to perform more...
Skilled nursing facilities are slated to see a 2.3 percent, or $784 million, increase in Medicare payments in the 2021 fiscal year (FY), according to a rule proposed by CMS late on Friday.
CMS also...
HHS is starting to distribute the more than $100 billion in emergency funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, according to a recent announcement.
The announcement...
CMS recently announced new, temporary regulatory flexibilities for hospitals battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Updated 03/27/2020: The House of Representatives has passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, sending the bill to President Trump's desk awaiting signature. The bill...
Leading provider groups are calling on the federal government to protect them from financial losses stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure frontline providers have the supplies, infrastructure,...
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced that the CPT Editorial Panel approved a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code for a novel coronavirus test.
“In the face of the...
