August 5, 2021 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAttention: CMS-1747-PP.O. Box 8013Baltimore, Maryland 21244-8013 Submitted electronically to: http://www.regulations.gov Re: File Code … [Read more...] about CMA Comments on CY 2022 HH Prospective Payment System & More
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CMA Alert | July 22, 2021
Advocates Call on Congress to Improve Medicare On July 20, 2021, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and nine other organizations sent a letter to Congress and the Biden Administration, urging them to move forward with improvements to the Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | July 22, 2021
Issue Brief – July 2021 – Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder Care, and Other Issues
MEDICARE COVERAGE of SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CARE Legal Action Center Issue Brief: Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder Care: A Landscape Review of Benefit Coverage, Service Gaps and a Path to Reform In February 2021, the Legal … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – July 2021 – Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder Care, and Other Issues
CMA Alert | July 8, 2021
Medicare Team Now Complete – Time to Improve the Program for Beneficiaries This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Dr. Meena Seshamani’s appointment as Deputy Administrator and Director of Center for Medicare. … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | July 8, 2021
Medicare Team Now Complete – Time to Improve the Program for Beneficiaries
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Dr. Meena Seshamani’s appointment as Deputy Administrator and Director of Center for Medicare. Dr. Seshamani joins CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and Health & … [Read more...] about Medicare Team Now Complete – Time to Improve the Program for Beneficiaries
CMA Alert | June 24, 2021
Jimmo Implementation Council Meeting | June 16, 2021 The Center for Medicare Advocacy, with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation, brought together a multidisciplinary team of experts for the third Jimmo Council meeting on June 16, 2021. … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | June 24, 2021
CMA Alert | June 17, 2021
The ACA is Here to Stay, Improving Medicare and Health Security for Millions The Center for Medicare Advocacy is relieved that the Supreme Court has left the Affordable Care Act (ACA) intact as the law of the land. Today’s decision in California … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | June 17, 2021
CMA Alert | June 10, 2021
Nursing Home Health Equity: More Evidence Showing COVID-19’s Racial Disparities With almost 8 million people in long-term care facilities in the U.S. being either fully vaccinated or having received at least one-dose,[1] one industry group … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | June 10, 2021
Center Comments on SNF Reimbursement, FY 2022
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 21244 June 3, 2021 Re: CMS-1746-P, Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the … [Read more...] about Center Comments on SNF Reimbursement, FY 2022
Issue Brief – May 2021 – Health Care Reform, Medicare Fiscal Solvency & Other Issues
LITIGATION UPDATE Affordable Care Act Case California v. Texas is the lawsuit brought by several states that seeks to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA). In 2019, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit ruled that the ACA’s … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – May 2021 – Health Care Reform, Medicare Fiscal Solvency & Other Issues