June 16, 2016Andrew M. Slavitt Acting Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Room 445-G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. … [Read more...] about Further Center Comments on the NOTICE Act – June 2016
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Observation Status and the NOTICE Act: Advocates Not Over the MOON
In proposed rules updating Medicare reimbursement to acute care hospitals,[1] the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announces how it intends to implement the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act … [Read more...] about Observation Status and the NOTICE Act: Advocates Not Over the MOON
Notice About the Center’s Nurse Staffing Project
As part of the Center’s ongoing project on approaches to improve nurse staffing levels in nursing facilities, this week we are posting a paper on “Increasing Reimbursement.” This approach increases reimbursement to nursing … [Read more...] about Notice About the Center’s Nurse Staffing Project
Center Comments on the NOTICE Act
January 4, 2016Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesComments on NOTICE ActSubmitted electronically: NOTICE_Act@cms.hhs.govThe Center for Medicare Advocacy (Center) is a national, private, non-profit law organization, founded in … [Read more...] about Center Comments on the NOTICE Act
Center Comments on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017 [CMS–9937–P]
December 21, 2015Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-8016RE: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; … [Read more...] about Center Comments on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017 [CMS–9937–P]
Center Comments on CMS-10003 Notice of Denial of Medical Coverage (or Payment)
Submitted electronically at http://www.regulations.govDecember 15, 2015CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development, Attention: CMS-10003/0938-0829, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security … [Read more...] about Center Comments on CMS-10003 Notice of Denial of Medical Coverage (or Payment)
CMS Hosts Tele Town Hall on Hospital Observation NOTICE Act; Comments Accepted until January 4, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a Tele Town Hall on December 21, 2015 to solicit comments on the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implications for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act, Public Law 114-42. Beginning in … [Read more...] about CMS Hosts Tele Town Hall on Hospital Observation NOTICE Act; Comments Accepted until January 4, 2016
Observation Status: The NOTICE Act Will Soon Be Law
An increasing number of patients in hospitals are not formally admitted as inpatients, but as “outpatients” on “observation status.” Although they receive whatever medical and nursing care, diagnostic tests, medications, … [Read more...] about Observation Status: The NOTICE Act Will Soon Be Law
Saga of an Inpatient Hospital Appeal: Notice and Use of Lifetime Reserve Days and Comments on Observation Status
This CMA Alert highlights a recent individual ALJ decision that sets out an important but often unrecognized beneficiary right to a written notice when he or she is about to use hospital “Lifetime Reserve Days.” A hospital’s … [Read more...] about Saga of an Inpatient Hospital Appeal: Notice and Use of Lifetime Reserve Days and Comments on Observation Status
Observation Status – Notice and Appeal
Connecticut Passes Observation Notice LawOn June 12, 2014, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law a requirement that, starting October 1, 2014, Connecticut hospitals give oral and written notice to patients placed on observation … [Read more...] about Observation Status – Notice and Appeal