[03/01/13]
Posted on March 1, 2013 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unofficially announced it will not be enforcing the upcoming March 23rd compliance program requirements until final regulations are published. As required under the Affordable Care Act, nursing facilities are required to have a compliance program in place by March 23, 2013. Despite ambiguity in the actual statute,... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, bufford, cms, compliance, facility, jent, long term care, march, nf, nursing, PPACA, program, selby, snf
[08/10/11]
Posted on August 10, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
As of March 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented new screening criteria in the Medicare provider/supplier enrollment process. Newly enrolling and revalidating providers and suppliers are placed in one of three categories – limited, moderate, or high – each representing the level of risk to the Medicare program for that... READ MORE
Tags: 60 day, 6401a, ACA, accountable care, application, billing, bufford, categories, centers for medicare & medicaid, centers for medicare and medicaid, cms, deactivation, enrollment, fee, high, Home Health, Hospice, jent, limited, long term care, MAC, march, march 25, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, medicare administrative contractor, moderate, pay.gov, pecos, process, provider, revalidation, risk, screening, selby, supplier
