On April 30, CMS released updates on the COVID-19 pandemic. You can view the news in full here. Below is the list of topics with direct links to the articles.
- Infection Control Guidance to Home Health Agencies on COVID-19
- Now Available: Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating System Updates, Nursing Home Staff Counts, and Frequently Asked Questions
- CMS Adds New COVID-19 Clinical Trials Improvement Activity to the Quality Payment Program
- Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program: Become a Medicare Enrolled Supplier
- COVID-19: Lessons from the Front Lines Calls — May 1 and 8
- COVID-19: Home Health and Hospice Call — May 5
- COVID-19: Office Hours Call — May 5
- COVID-19: Nursing Homes Call — May 6
- July 2020 Quarterly Update to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Pricer
- Quarterly Update to the Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Pricer
- Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Subject to and Excluded from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) Edits — Revised
- Implement Operating Rules – Phase III Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) 360 Uniform Use of Claim Adjustment Reason Codes (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Codes (RARC) and Claim Adjustment Group Code (CAGC) Rule – Update from Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) CORE — Revised
- April 2020 Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Anesthesiologist Assistants, and Physician Assistants — Revised
- Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System — Revised
- Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Under Medicare and Medicaid — Revised
- Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System — Revised
- How to Use the Searchable Medicare Physician Fee Schedule — Revised
- Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System — Revised
