Update: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline for skilled nursing facilities to submit information for the required off-cycle revalidation to May 1, 2025, regardless of when the facility...more
11/12/2024
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it will require off-cycle revalidation of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) through the end of 2024. During this process, CMS will collect ownership,...more
10/11/2024
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The federal No Surprises Act and interim final rules implementing the Act went into effect on January 1, 2022. Part I is aimed at reducing “surprise bills” to patients in the context of services provided at hospitals and...more
To assist health care providers that will soon be required to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued guidance on December 28, 2021 regarding updated timelines for compliance...more
12/30/2021
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In a preliminary injunction issued on Monday, November 29, 2021, a federal judge in Missouri blocked the implementation and enforcement in 10 states of an interim final rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule, requiring vaccination of all staff at health care facilities that participate in the...more
Between March 20 and March 30, 2020, North Carolina Medicaid issued five Special Bulletins that temporarily modify its Telemedicine and Telepsychiatry Clinical Coverage Policy to permit the delivery of remote care for...more