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Friday, September 6, 2019

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Hospice

CMS releases latest Hospice Compare data, providers continue to see improvement

In the August refresh of Hospice Compare, providers nationwide scored 86.4% on the “Hospice and palliative care composite process measure.” By comparison, hospices scored 85.3% in May 2019. They scored 83.6% on the composite measure when it initially appeared on Hospice Compare as part of the website’s quarterly refresh in November 2018. The measure shows …

Skilled Nursing Facility

AHCA/NCAL urges CMS to define “inpatient” for three-day rule

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) penned a letter to CMS administrator Seema Verma in response to a tweet she published earlier in August. The tweet addressed the three-day rule, stating that a SNF resident must first spend three days as a hospital inpatient to be eligible for Medicare …

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Skilled Nursing Facility

CMS to hold open door forum about new Medicare cards

CMS to hold open door forum about new Medicare cards CMS will be hosting an open-door forum on September 11 to discuss the status of new Medicare cards and Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBI). Beginning January 2020, Medicare will only accept claims submitted with MBIs. The updated cards are designed to offer better identity protection by …

Private Duty

New York State Lawmakers Ratify Dramatic Proemployee Changes to NYSHRL

On August 12, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law substantial and far-reaching amendments to the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL), the state statute that prohibits discrimination and discriminatory harassment. The amendments amplify laws that New York state enacted in 2018 to combat sexual harassment. Here are important facts about the amendments …

PPS Alert for Long-Term Care

How CMS-3347-P changes will affect SNFs

CMS announced proposed changes to the Medicare long-term care requirements that would reform “unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome” requirements for SNFs on July 17. The proposed rule, “Medicare & Medicaid Programs; Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Efficiency and Transparency” (CMS-3347-P), fueled by the Trump administration, aims to reduce red tape surrounding SNF compliance and regulations.