Medicare & Medicaid
Lasting change will have to come from Congress, but there will be more of an impetus now that telehealth is getting its day in the sun.
Participation in the new COVID-19 clinical trials improvement activity carries a high weight from a scoring perspective.
To ease physician burden during COVID-19, non-physician practitioners will be able to perform documentation duties.
The recommendations allow hospitals in areas with a low incidence of COVID-19 to schedule elective surgeries again.
Proponents want Medicaid and private insurers to extend coverage for one year postpartum.
The action is being taken to rapidly expand COVID-19 testing, particularly for those with Medicare and in nursing homes.
NAACOS and others want CMS to hold harmless providers participating in alternative payment models from performance-related penalties for 2020.
HHS has partnered with UnitedHealth Group to provide the rapid payment via Optum Bank and the Automated Clearing House account information on file.
CMS has received over 25,000 requests and has approved over 17,000 in the last week.
The 21st Century Cures Act requires that CMS phase in changes to risk adjustment payments over a three-year period, with full implementation by 2022.