Advisory
Each year, the National Patient Safety Foundation founded in 1997 to improve the safety of patient care through collaborative, inclusive, multi-stakeholder approaches sponsors National Patient Safety Week, which takes place March 3-9 this year.
On Feb. 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to revise and clarify certain existing Medicare regulations.
Updated Schedule H and Instructions for 2012
Medicaid Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vacci...
This advisory highlights key sections of the final rule implementing an ACA provision that requires states to increase Medicaid payment rates to Medicare levels in 2013 and 2014 for primary care physicians who furnish certain primary care services, and provides 100% federal financing for the two-…
On Jan. 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA).
On Nov. 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its calendar year 2013 final rule for the home health prospective payment system.
On Nov. 1, CMS released the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule with comment period for calendar year (CY) 2013. Changes in the rule are generally effective Jan. 1 and detailed in this advisory.