by Keri McDermott | Jun 22, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers and offer...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 16, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers and offer...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 15, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
The clinical management of COVID positive and presumed COVID positive residents requires understanding the various disease trajectories and having appropriate plans of care in place that align with each residents’ goals and preferences. It also requires working with...
by Keri McDermott | May 18, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
by Keri McDermott | May 14, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Uncategorized
On May 11, CMS released proposed policies and payment updates for acute care and long-term care hospitals for the 2021 Federal fiscal year. In recognition of the significant impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency, CMS has limited annual rulemaking required by...
by Keri McDermott | May 11, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
by Keri McDermott | May 7, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
As a part of President Trump’s Opening Up America Again effort, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new independent Commission that will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the nursing home response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
by Keri McDermott | May 7, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
On May 8, 2020, CMS will publish an interim final rule with comment period, titled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Basic Health Program, and Exchanges; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Delay of Certain...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 28, 2020 | CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 28, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
CMS last week (4/23/2020) updated its infection control guidance for home health agencies participating in Medicare and Medicaid and for religious non-medical health care institutions participating in Medicare. The home health updates include additional information...