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via The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: CMS unveiled the new Hospice Compare website. The site displays information in a ready to use format and provides a snapshot of the quality of care each hospice facility provides to its patients. CMS...

SNF Quality Reporting Program: Non-Compliance Letters

20 Jul 2017

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Via MLNConnects: CMS notified Skilled Nursing Facility (SNFs) that are non-compliant with SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements for Quarter 4 of CY 2016, which will affect their FY 2018 annual payment update. CMS mailed non-compliance letters and placed them in the...

Home Health Agency Conditions of Participation effective date

20 Jul 2017

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After pushback from providers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the effective date for the updated Conditions of Participation (CoP) for home health agencies (HHAs) back 6 months. Originally effective July 13, 2017, the effective date is now set...

CMS issues memo for certain providers seeking new certification

26 Jun 2017

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new S&C memo for all providers, “Reasonable Assurance Will Apply to Providers and Suppliers Who Voluntarily Terminate and Seek New Certification If a Termination Action by the State Agency Had Been Initiated.”...

CMS issues new guidance for formatting Plans of Correction

23 Jun 2017

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an S&C memo to all providers regarding new guidance for how plans of correction are to be formatted. The following list of required elements must be included for an acceptable Plan of Correction...

Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage update effective 6/21/17

21 Jun 2017

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In March, the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage form and instructions were approved for renewal with the inclusion of language informing beneficiaries of their rights to CMS nondiscrimination practices and how to request the ABN in an alternative format if required. Skilled...

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CMS announces launch of Hospice Compare website

SNF Quality Reporting Program: Non-Compliance Letters

Home Health Agency Conditions of Participation effective date

CMS issues memo for certain providers seeking new certification

CMS issues new guidance for formatting Plans of Correction

Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage update effective 6/21/17

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