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CMS Roundup (September. 20, 2024)
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency.CMS Issues Revised Guidance for Eligible Providers Interested in Being Certified as Rural Emergency HospitalsSeptember 6: CMS posted revised guidance regarding the Rural Emergency
Biden-Harris Administration Advances Women’s Health Through Affordable Care Act Grants in 14 States, D.C.
Almost $9 million in grant funding will help women in 14 states and D.C. access critical health benefits available through the ACAIn its ongoing commitment to support women’s health, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
CMS Announces Resources and Flexibilities to Assist with the Public Health Emergency in the State of Louisiana
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today additional resources and flexibilities available in response to Hurricane Francine in Louisiana. CMS is working closely with the state of Louisiana to put these flexibilities in place to ensure those affected by this natural disaster
CMS Approves New Hampshire’s Request to Provide Essential Behavioral Health Services Through Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams
Thanks to the Biden-Harris American Rescue Plan, twenty states are now providing these critical services to individuals experiencing mental health or substance use disorders The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Treasury Issue Final Rules Strengthening Access to Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder Benefits
WASHINGTON – As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s effort to ensure more than 150 million people with private health coverage have greater access to mental health and substance use disorder care, the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury took significant action
CMS Notifies Individuals Potentially Impacted by Data Breach
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) are notifying people whose protected health information or other personally identifiable information (PII) may have been compromised in connection with Medicare administrative services
CMS Roundup (September. 6, 2024)
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency.CMS Posts FAQs Addressing BD BACTEC™ Blood Culture Bottle Shortage August 29: As part of its responsibility to ensure quality in clinical laboratory testing, CMS posted FAQs to
Biden-Harris Administration Awards $100 Million to Navigators Who Will Help Millions of Americans — Especially in Underserved Communities — Sign Up for Health Coverage
Longer grant periods will allow more Navigators to reach consumers where they are, building on the Affordable Care Act’s historic health coverage gains
CMS Roundup (August. 23, 2024)
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency.CMS Releases Updated Poster for Hospital Posting of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Rights for all PatientsAugust 13: CMS released a new poster for
MolDx Local Coverage Determination Statement
The Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have carefully considered all the feedback received from interested parties regarding the MolDx: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejection proposed local coverage determination (LCD). In response to public comments and upon further review