Potential Impacts of New Medicare Payment Models On Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Care CMS Extends “Equitable Relief” from Part B Late Enrollment Penalties for People Moving from ACA Marketplace Plans to Medicare Free Webinar: … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – October 31, 2019
Archives for October 2019
CMS Extends “Equitable Relief” from Part B Late Enrollment Penalties for People Moving from ACA Marketplace Plans to Medicare
CMS will continue offering “Equitable Relief” to Medicare beneficiaries who are confused about the transition from an ACA Health Insurance Exchange (Marketplace) plan to Medicare. Under Equitable Relief, people who are eligible for Medicare and have … [Read more...] about CMS Extends “Equitable Relief” from Part B Late Enrollment Penalties for People Moving from ACA Marketplace Plans to Medicare
Potential Impacts of New Medicare Payment Models On Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be implementing revised payment systems for both skilled nursing facility care (effective October 2019) and home health care (effective January 2020). The Center for Medicare Advocacy has written … [Read more...] about Potential Impacts of New Medicare Payment Models On Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Care
You Do Not Have to Improve! New Jimmo Resources for Appealing Medicare Denials in Nursing Homes
Medicare coverage of nursing home care depends on a resident’s need for skilled nursing and/or therapy, not the resident’s potential for improvement. However, too many nursing home residents continue to be denied skilled services on the basis of an … [Read more...] about You Do Not Have to Improve! New Jimmo Resources for Appealing Medicare Denials in Nursing Homes
CMA Alert – October 24, 2019
Medicare Enrollment and Medicare Advantage Updates CMS Administrator Seema Verma Testifies on Health Care Sabotage Before House Subcommittee Center Attorneys Participate in Oral Health Convening and Advocacy Day Nursing Home Compare’s Abuse … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – October 24, 2019
Center for Medicare Advocacy Submits Comments Supporting Modification to ABN Instructions
On October 21, 2019, The Center for Medicare Advocacy submitted comments in support of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposal to modify the instructions to the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN).The change … [Read more...] about Center for Medicare Advocacy Submits Comments Supporting Modification to ABN Instructions
Center Attorneys Participate in Oral Health Convening and Advocacy Day
As part of the Center for Medicare Advocacy’s continued commitment to improving oral health for older adults and people with disabilities, and expanding Part B to include a comprehensive oral health benefit, Center attorneys are participating in oral … [Read more...] about Center Attorneys Participate in Oral Health Convening and Advocacy Day
CMS Administrator Seema Verma Testifies on Health Care Sabotage Before House Subcommittee
Over the last several years, the Center for Medicare Advocacy (the Center) has written at length about the Trump Administration’s detrimental changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare, Medicaid, and other vital health care programs. On … [Read more...] about CMS Administrator Seema Verma Testifies on Health Care Sabotage Before House Subcommittee
Nursing Home Compare’s Abuse Icon is Now Live
On October 23, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began use of a new "abuse icon" on Nursing Home Compare. Consumers using the website will now be alerted when a nursing home has been cited for an abuse violation in the past … [Read more...] about Nursing Home Compare’s Abuse Icon is Now Live
Medicare Enrollment and Medicare Advantage Updates
On October 22, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare launched the second annual Medicare Fully Informed Project, with a variety of unbiased, accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive … [Read more...] about Medicare Enrollment and Medicare Advantage Updates