As part of the annual proposed rule updating Medicare Part A payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs),[1] the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is beginning the process of establishing nurse staffing standards for facilities, as … [Read more...] about CMS Begins Process of Setting Mandatory Nurse Staffing Standards for Nursing Facilities
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Federal Government Must Enact and Enforce Nurse Staffing Standards for Nursing Facilities
At a roundtable discussion with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on March 30, which the Center for Medicare Advocacy attended as one of seven invitees, Mark Parkinson, President and CEO of the American Health Care Association, the trade association of … [Read more...] about Federal Government Must Enact and Enforce Nurse Staffing Standards for Nursing Facilities
Issue Brief – March 2022 – Litigation Update Including Observation Status, Off label Drugs & Other Issues
LITIGATION UPDATE (Beneficiary Appeals of Observation Status). In November 2011, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Justice in Aging filed a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of individuals who have been denied Medicare Part A coverage … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – March 2022 – Litigation Update Including Observation Status, Off label Drugs & Other Issues
CMA Alert | March 10, 2022
CMS Needs to Rein in Medicare Advantage Overpayments and Heighten Oversight of Insurance IndustryCenter Comments Regarding CMS’ Advanced Payment Notice and Proposed Part C & D RuleThe Center for Medicare Advocacy recently submitted … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | March 10, 2022
CMS Needs to Rein in Medicare Advantage Overpayments and Heighten Oversight of Insurance Industry
Center Comments Regarding CMS’ Advance Payment Notice and Proposed Part C & D RuleThe Center for Medicare Advocacy recently submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding their Advance payment rule … [Read more...] about CMS Needs to Rein in Medicare Advantage Overpayments and Heighten Oversight of Insurance Industry
CMA Comments on Advance Payment Rule
Submitted electronically to www.regulations.govThe Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSureAdministratorCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 21244Re: Comments on Calendar Year 2023 Advance Notice of … [Read more...] about CMA Comments on Advance Payment Rule
CMA Comments on 2023 Part C And Part D Policies
March 7, 2022Submitted electronically to www.regulations.govHonorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSureAdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human Services200 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, DC … [Read more...] about CMA Comments on 2023 Part C And Part D Policies
CMA Alert | February 10, 2022
It’s Time: Repeal the 3-Day Inpatient Hospital Requirement for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility CoverageLast year, the Center for Medicare Advocacy suggested that it was time to repeal the three-day inpatient hospital requirement that is … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | February 10, 2022
It’s Time: Repeal the 3-Day Inpatient Hospital Requirement for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage
Last year, the Center for Medicare Advocacy suggested that it was time to repeal the three-day inpatient hospital requirement that is necessary for Part A coverage in the traditional Medicare program.[1] The recent Second Circuit decision in … [Read more...] about It’s Time: Repeal the 3-Day Inpatient Hospital Requirement for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage
Home Health Webinar Q & A
January 2022The Center for Medicare Advocacy is pleased to share the following information based on questions that were received from the January 12, 2022 webinar on Medicare coverage of home health services. Recordings of that webinar and … [Read more...] about Home Health Webinar Q & A