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Outpatient Therapy Post-Payment Reviews Are Underway, Have You Been Invited?
February 23, 2021
Categories: Audits, Best Practices, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, Compliance, Education, Payment Reform
By Nancy J Beckley, MS, MBA, CHC
Contact: nancy@nancybeckley.com
During the Public Health Emergency (PHE) and COVID-19 Pandemic therapy providers were relieved to find that the CMS Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) audits were suspended. This came about when outpatient therapy providers, in both Part A and Part B settings, were struggling to keep the doors open, maintain a patient base, comply with various “stay at home” orders, understand the payroll... Read More
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President Trump Declares National Emergency - CMS Announces Waivers
March 14, 2020
Categories: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency Preparedness, National Emergency, Skilled Nursing Facilities
March 14, 2020
On Friday, March 13, 2020 the White House declared a national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has allowed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue an 1135 to relax certain rules and conditions of participation (CoPs) for many healthcare providers. Listed below are a few of those which may impact NARA members:
Eliminating the 3-day hospital stay rule for admission to skilled nursing facilities... Read More
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CMS Has Issued Guidance For Healthcare Facilities Regarding COVID-19
March 5, 2020
Categories: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, Compliance, Education, Emergency Preparedness, News
CMS has issued the following guidance for providers related to COVID-19. This is situation is developing daily and as important updates happen we will share them with you. NARA is working on gathering sample protocols to share with NARA Members to help you prepare your staff and operations.
CMS calls on all health care providers to activate infection control practices and issues guidance to inspectors as they inspect facilities affected by Coronavirus
On... Read More