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May 3, 2024
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May 3, 2024
Physician Practice Input is Needed by June 30 to Help Inform Accurate Physician Payment
A national survey of physician practices led by the American Medical Association (AMA) is underway and we urge your cooperation with this effort. The objective of the Physician Practice Information (PPI) Survey is to gather accurate data on practice costs and the hours of patient care that physicians provi...
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May 3, 2024
Skilled Nursing Facility Place of Service Codes: Updated Resources from CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated Medicare Learning Network resources to clarify the place of service codes you should use for inpatient services outside of a facility.
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April 26, 2024
TEFCA Common Agreement v2.0 Published to HealthIT.gov
Common Agreement Version 2.0 (CA v2.0) includes enhancements and updates to require support for FHIR API-based exchange. The move to standardized APIs in CA v2.0 will help improve patient access to health information and facilitate easier exchange via TEFCA.
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April 26, 2024
Observation Status Legislation Introduced in Congress
This week, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced bipartisan legislation to update a current loophole in Medicare policy to help protect seniors from high medical costs for the skilled nursing care they require after hospitalization. The Improving Access...
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April 26, 2024
CMS Releases Final Nursing Home Staffing Rule
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting final rule.
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April 19, 2024
Quarterly National Stakeholder Call with CMS Leadership on Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Please join Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and her leadership team, who will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how the agency’s cross-cutting initiatives are advancing the CMS Strategic Plan.
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April 19, 2024
AMDA Expresses Opposition to Anti-DEI Programs in Medical Schools Legislation
Last week, AMDA, along with 27 other national medical organizations, sent a letter of opposition to Sens. John Kennedy (R-LA) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) for their bill, the “Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education Act (EDUCATE).” The bill would prohibit graduate med...
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April 12, 2024
Reminder: 2023 Data MIPS Submission and EUC Applications Close on Monday, April 15
In response to the Change Healthcare cyberattack in late February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the data submission deadline and reopened the 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Exception Application to provide r...
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April 12, 2024