Apr 17, 2020 | Managed Care Friday
28: Percent of families in a quick poll we did with parents of students in college or medical school who say they will likely need to either transfer their students to a lower-cost community college or forgo continuing medical school, due to changes in job income. Underappreciated Pediatric Risks: Pediatric practices are having to revise their usual procedures during the pandemic but are having difficulties doing so. In California, Berkeley Pediatrics has split its office into two parts, a separate back entrance that leads upstairs for healthy patients and the downstairs area for sick...
Apr 15, 2020 | Inpatient Psych, Medicare
CMS indicates that they are proposing rules with minimal policy changes in order to alleviate regulatory burden on providers due to COVID19. This brief summarizes the FY 2021 proposed rule for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs). Click to read more.
Apr 15, 2020 | Medicare, Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
CMS indicates that they are proposing rules with minimal policy changes in order to alleviate regulatory burden on providers due to COVID19. This brief summarizes the FY 2021 proposed rule for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). Click to read more.
Apr 15, 2020 | Hospice, Medicare
CMS indicates that they are proposing rules with minimal policy changes in order to alleviate regulatory burden on providers due to COVID19. This brief summarizes the FY 2021 proposed rule for Hospice. Click to read more.
Apr 14, 2020 | ESRD, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Part D
CMS released the 2021 Medicare Advantage Advance (MA) Rate Announcement on April 6, 2020. The finalized rate updates are estimated to increase MA plan payments by +1.66%, 0.73 percentage points higher than the advanced notice, with another +3.56% increase due to plan risk coding behavior. CMS also finalized several key policies to align MA reimbursement for ESRD beneficiaries with requirements from the Cures Act. Click to read more.
