CMS announced March 31 that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will receive a 3.32% rate increase for CY2024, as part of CMS’s CY2024 Final Rate Announcement. […]
News Topic: Medicare
MA PHE Accommodations to End May 11
Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations benefitted from temporary enforcement discretion related to certain MA policies during the COVID Public Health Emergency (PHE). Some plans used this […]
How to Receive Updates on Hospice QRP
Swingtech sends informational messages to hospice providers related to the Quality Reporting Program (QRP) on a quarterly basis. Its latest outreach communication can be found […]
Visual Communication Tools from CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a set of cue cards to assist providers in conducting the Brief Interview for Mental […]
New CMS Video re: Lying to Sitting in Bed
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a short video tutorial to assist providers with coding GG0170C. Lying to Sitting on Side of […]
New CMS Guidance for In-Home Dialysis
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated surveyor guidance on March 22 for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) venues. This guidance specifically focuses […]
Congress Looks Into Medicare Data Breach
On March 20, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced they would investigate […]
Dental, Vision, and Hearing Covered Under New Bill
A new piece of legislation, the Medicare and Medicaid Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act, was introduced by Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and Senator Ben […]
LeadingAge Interoperability & Prior Authorization Rule Comments
CMS proposed rules in December 2022 on “Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes”. If passed, they would establish new requirements for payers – Medicaid, […]
LeadingAge Paper: MA Plans Not Delivering on Promise to Consumers
Nearly 30 million Medicare beneficiaries are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA). As the MA program has grown, so have the problems with access and […]