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CMS Issues Update to Hospice Wage Index FY 2011
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Jul 26th, 2010
VNAA is in full action mode with regard to the regulations recently issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): Medicare Program: Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2011; Changes in Certification Requirements for Home Health Agencies and...
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CMS Releases Proposed Rule on Home Health PPS Update
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Jul 19th, 2010
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule for Medicare home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) changes late on Friday, July 19. The proposed rule decreases Medicare home health payments 4.75 percent for calendar year (CY) 2011, more than originally...
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President Appoints New CMS Administrator
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Jul 12th, 2010
On July 7, 2010, President Obama bypassed the Senate confirmation process and appointed Dr. Donald Berwick administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Such appointments can be made only while Congress is in recess. CMS has been without a permanent administrator since 2006...
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CMS Provides Some Relief to Home Health in Physician Enrollment Process
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Jul 6th, 2010
After receiving many questions and concerns from the VNAA and other major national associations, last Wednesday the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it would delay (for an unspecified amount of time) on implementing changes that would automatically reject claims based...
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Physician Enrollment in PECOS
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Jun 28th, 2010
Physicians must enroll in the Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) or officially opt-out of the PECOS database by July 6, as stipulated in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). This provision was included to better track physicians and ultimately...
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Bundled Payment Pilot in Health Reform Statute
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Jun 21st, 2010
VNAA is closely following the concept of a "bundled payment" which has been promoted by some policymakers as a way to increase coordination among healthcare providers and decrease overall, national healthcare costs. When this concept was first discussed over a year ago during the health reform...
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