In a letter coordinated by LeadingAge, 40 national organizations urged House and Senate appropriators to fully fund housing renewals and expand the supply of affordable […]
News Topic: Policy
MDS to iQIES Transition: April Deadlines
Remember that the MDS transition to iQIES will take place next week. The deadline to submit MDS through QIES will be April 14 at 8 […]
Analysis of CMS Hospice Rule
On March 31, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year 2023 Hospice Wage Index Proposed Rule. The rule contains a positive […]
FY2024 Hospice Wage Index Proposed Rule Summary
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CMS Clarifies Medicare Home Health CY2023 Rate Development for Stakeholders
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MA Rates Rise for CY2024, Part D Costs to Fall
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. […]
LeadingAge Recommends Improvements to Section 202 Production
LeadingAge’s April 3, 2023 letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) calls out several improvement areas for processing Section 202 capital advances […]
End of PHE vs. End of National Emergency
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has clarified in writing that the end of the National Emergency and the end of the Public Health […]
CMS: No Rate Reduction Notices from ERC
To expedite communication with states, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) emailed State Medicaid agencies indicating they should treat Employee Retention Credits (ERC) like […]
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 […]