Pass Build Back Better — Seize the Moment to Protect Nursing Home ResidentsUpdated Factsheet | CMS Nursing Home Visitation GuidanceMedicare Coverage for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) When a Beneficiary is … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 2, 2021
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Medicare Coverage for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) When a Beneficiary is Discharged from a Facility
Transitioning from a facility to home can be challenging for Medicare beneficiaries and their families because there are many details, instructions, and changes to navigate. Pre-planning for reasonable and necessary DMEPOS for a beneficiary to use … [Read more...] about Medicare Coverage for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) When a Beneficiary is Discharged from a Facility
Issue Brief – November 2021 – Medicare & Build Back Better, and Other Issues
MEDICARE and the RECONCILIATION PACKGE Overview Over the last several months, Congress has been debating a legislative package called the Build Back Better Act (BBB) to be passed through the reconciliation process in order to avoid a filibuster … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – November 2021 – Medicare & Build Back Better, and Other Issues
Issue Brief – September 2021 – Exp[anfing Medicare to Cover Dental, Hearing & Vision, and Other Issues
MEDICARE and the RECONCILIATION PACKGE Overview Congress is currently debating a $3.5 trillion legislative package that, according to the New York Times (Aug. 11, 2021) “is aimed at creating the largest expansion of the federal safety net in … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – September 2021 – Exp[anfing Medicare to Cover Dental, Hearing & Vision, and Other Issues
CMA Comments on CY 2022 HH Prospective Payment System & More
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
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 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
Issue Brief – January 2021 – Medicare Provisions In the COVID Relief & Omnibus Package, and Other Issues
I. COVID RELIEF & OMNIBUS PACKAGE – OVERVIEW OF MEDICARE PROVISIONS On December 21, 2020, Congress passed a COVID relief package as part of a larger omnibus spending package called the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), signed … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – January 2021 – Medicare Provisions In the COVID Relief & Omnibus Package, and Other Issues
CMA Alert | February 11, 2021
Commonwealth Fund Issues Series of Articles Addressing Medicare’s Fiscal Solvency - Introductory Statement by Marilyn MoonIt’s Time to Repeal the 3-Day Inpatient Hospital Requirement for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility CoverageCenter for Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | February 11, 2021
CMA Alert | January 28, 2021
Expanded Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage During the Covid-19 PandemicSpeech Generating Devices: Beneficiary Voices Silenced Once Again by CMSWays and Means Report Highlights National InequitiesFree Webinar - Medicare & Health Care … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | January 28, 2021