Tag archives: CAH

COVID-19 Update: CMS Updates Conditions of Participation for Hospitals and CAHs to Require COVID-19 Reporting

On Tuesday, August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released an interim final rule that updates the Medicare Conditions of Participation to require all hospitals to which 42 CFR Part 482 applies, as well as critical access hospitals (“CAHs”), to electronically report information including the number of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 … Continue reading

COVID-19 Update: Highly-Impacted and Rural Hospital Distribution Imminent

By Jeff Wurzburg (US) and Frances Morgan (US) on May 3, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, General

On the evening of May 1, 2020, HHS announced that it will distribute an additional $22 billion in payments from the Provider Relief Fund to hospitals with high volumes of COVID-19 patients ($12 billion) and rural hospitals ($10 billion) in the coming days. Qualifying hospitals will receive funds via direct deposit and will likely be … Continue reading

COVID-19 Update: CMS Issues Additional Waivers to Assist Providers

By Thomas Dowdell (US), Mark Faccenda (US), Jeff Wurzburg (US) and Rachel Park (US) on April 10, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, General, Regulatory

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) temporarily suspended a number of rules to boost frontline medical staff at healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new waivers expand on the workforce flexibilities announced by CMS on March 30, 2020 (previously covered by the HL Pulse here). The new waivers include: Physicians in Critical … Continue reading

CMS releases FY 2020 IPPS and LTCH PPS final rule

By Jeff Wurzburg (US), Mark Faccenda (US) and Thomas Dowdell (US) on August 9, 2019 Posted in Regulatory

On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) final rule (CMS-1716-F). The final rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on August 16, 2019. … Continue reading