August 26, 2020 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced sweeping regulatory changes that require labs and other healthcare providers to test staff and offer testing to residents for COVID-19. Labs and nursing homes using point-of-care (POC) testing devices will be required to report diagnostic test results as required by the CARES Act (Coronavirus … [Read more...]
MIPS 2020 Reporting: Strategies to Succeed
July 22, 2020 – "Experts agree: COVID-19 is likely to speed up the healthcare industry’s transition from volume- to value-based care. The transition has providers looking more closely at the Quality Payment Program (QPP), including the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) – already shown to help providers more aptly respond to the … [Read more...]
Vizient urges Congress, CMS to make recently expanded telehealth flexibilities permanent
Vizient Inc. (Irving, TX) urged Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to “make permanent many of the legislative and regulatory actions, particularly those related to telehealth, that have been put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.” “Throughout the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, America’s hospitals and health care professionals have taken … [Read more...]
AHA wants CMS to retain relaxed regulations beyond the public health crisis
The American Hospital Association (AHA) wants CMS to retain the relaxed regulations it has extended to the healthcare industry beyond the COVID-19 public health crisis. AHA wants to keep the flexibilities surrounding telehealth, quality and compliance measures and bed capacity. The declared public health emergency is set to end in July, but AHA wants it extended until multiple … [Read more...]