NASHP

JANUARY 12, 2024

Direct care workers — such as personal care and home care aides as well as certified nursing assistants — provide care services to individuals and older adults with complex needs. A NASHP analysis shows that in 2024, at least 22 states are planning to sustain these payment increases post-pandemic.  With encouragement from the U.S.

Medicaid 62

Medicaid Nursing Accountability Integration 62

Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to the Congressional Research Service, which analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) National Health Expenditure Accounts (“NHEA”) on the personal health expenditures for LTSS by payer, in 2021, an estimated $467.4 As individuals continue to live longer beyond retirement and the U.S.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Medicare Accountability Nursing 52

Sheppard Health Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

On February 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the revised List of Telehealth Services for Calendar Year (CY) 2023 (List). The List includes the services that are payable under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule when furnished via telehealth.

Medicare 52

Medicare Nursing Medicaid Healthcare 52

NASHP

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Kelley and Evan Bollens-Lund in 2018, which was developed through an analysis of Medicare data in addition to working with subject matter experts. Nearly half of the states have a palliative care taskforce or advisory council through state legislation. What is palliative care? How and why do states define palliative care in statute?

Medicaid 73

Medicaid Regulations Hospitals Medicare 73

Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2022

CMS posted a blog with the same title as this blog on Thursday, August 18, 2022. There’s a lot of information in the CMS Blog. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plays an important role in protecting the health and safety of all Americans as they journey through the health care system.

Medicaid 40

Medicaid Medicare Nursing Rehabilitation 40

NASHP

MARCH 29, 2024

Key barriers to care for CYSHCN include fragmented and uncoordinated systems, inadequate availability of services and specialists, difficulties accessing or using health coverage, and high costs. Of the over 15 million CYSHCN in the U.S., percent receive care in a well-functioning system, 1 and 44.6 Of the over 15 million CYSHCN in the U.S.,

Medicaid 123

Medicaid Quality of Care Quality Assurance Nursing 123

Etactics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

If you keep up with our blogs or work in the industry, you know exactly what I’m talking about. This is an easily preventable billing error, which we are going to go over in this blog. However, Medicare and other insurance cover a variety of different services and supplies, some of which aren’t identified by CPT codes.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicaid Medical Services Prevention 52