Articles Tagged With: CMS
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CHART Model Offers Two Tracks to Shore Up Rural Healthcare
Recognizing that the way healthcare is funded and delivered in rural communities needs an overhaul, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has unveiled a new approach it hopes will provide a roadmap for how to do just that.
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Trump Admin Targets Rural Healthcare Disparities
Telehealth expansion, innovative reimbursement model aim to help patients and providers in smaller communities.
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CMS Identifies Telemedicine Quality Tracking Measures
It is important to ensure quality measure actions are included in the workflows for telehealth visits, just as they are included for in-person visits.
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How COVID-19 Changed Hospital Telemedicine
Telemedicine was in the spotlight as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relaxed regulations that had limited application of teleservices throughout the country. Many hospitals quickly engaged telemedicine services to connect providers with patients and families. Now, with the initial surge a few months past, healthcare analysts are assessing the lessons learned.
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Court Rejects Challenge to Federal Price Transparency Rule
Plaintiffs announced intention to appeal decision.
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Special Commission to Address U.S. Nursing Home Safety, Quality
CMS establishes independent panel after a wave of COVID-19-related deaths were reported in these care facilities.
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Early 2020 Quality Data May Need ‘Compassionate Surveying’
Quality leaders are beginning to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic response will affect the quality metrics of hospitals for months after the emergency subsides. What will those metrics look like?
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Lessons Learned: Notes from a New York COVID-19 Hotspot
In February, New York’s first COVID-19 cases were treated in Westchester County, a short train ride from Manhattan. With an analyst’s help, Westchester Medical Center worked bed optimization for the medical center’s 654 beds that included three COVID-19 patient care units: high-need intensive care unit beds, middle-need beds, and lower-need beds.
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CMS Issues Waivers to Help Case Managers, Hospitals Cope with COVID-19
New York City struggled, as did other hotspots. Patient care units sprung up in public spaces. Busloads of out-of-state nurses, medical residents, and retired doctors, nurses, and therapists pitched in. To expedite patient care, insurance companies waived copays and deductibles. Discharge planning regulations were relaxed. Paperwork took a back seat, as all efforts were directed toward patient care. All this was due to the declaration of a national emergency, which gave impetus to changes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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COVID-19 Creates Multiple Risk Exposures as Hospitals Respond
Risk managers should recognize several types of potential liabilities and exposures related to the COVID-19 pandemic response. Some compliance and regulatory burdens have been eased, but risks remain.