TennCare Block Grant Waiver Approved

Jan 08, 2021 at 01:47 pm by Staff

More than a year after submitting Amendment 42 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a waiver to increase flexibility in the administration of the.... Read More

TennCare Block Grant Waiver Approved

Jan 08, 2021 at 01:47 pm by Staff

More than a year after submitting Amendment 42 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a waiver to increase flexibility in the administration of the.... Read More

Addressing a Chronic Killer

Nov 16, 2020 at 11:19 am by Staff

HCA Hosts Kidney Disease Roundtable with CMS Administrator Seema Verma HCA Healthcare recently hosted Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma an.... Read More

The Times They are A' Changing

Nov 18, 2019 at 01:59 pm by Staff

Proposed 2020 Physician Fee Schedule On July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule for the physician fee schedule (PFS) that in.... Read More

Final Rule Updates CMS PACE Program

Oct 10, 2019 at 04:30 pm by Staff

Final Rule Updates CMS PACE Program CMS recently updated regulations for Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to strengthen protections for participants and.... Read More

CMS Announces New Affiliations Authority

Oct 10, 2019 at 04:15 pm by Staff

Last month, the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) released a final rule that will grant it broad new revocation and denial authority for providers and supplie.... Read More

CMS Utilizes Dartboard Approach to Modernizing the Medicare Drug Benefit

Feb 12, 2019 at 03:30 pm by Staff

Controlling pharmaceutical prices remains a hot topic, judging from the 6,415 comments received in response to the CMS proposed rule: "Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantag.... Read More

CMS Proposed New Interoperability Rules

Feb 11, 2019 at 04:48 pm by Staff

On Feb. 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted the following information and links to resources regarding new interoperability rules: The U.S. Department.... Read More

Improving Quality, Lowering Cost of Care for Seniors

Nov 15, 2018 at 03:39 pm by Staff

Saint Thomas, Ascension ACO among MSSP Winners Results recently released from the 2017 performance year of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) showed Accountable Care.... Read More

HHS Advances Payment Model to Lower Drug Costs

Nov 15, 2018 at 03:15 pm by Staff

In late October, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced and sought input on a new "Interna.... Read More