This week’s Medicare updates include proposed rules for the inpatient psychiatric facility, skilled nursing facility, and hospice prospective payment systems; updated guidance on infection control for multiple provider types; additional waivers to relax regulatory requirements during the pandemic, and more!
While the healthcare industry rightfully remains focused on handling the COVID-19 pandemic, compliance officers should also be aware of two rules that dropped in early March.
This week's note from the instructor walks through the various provisions of CMS' interim final rule on policy and regulatory changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will reimburse hospitals at Medicare rates for treating uninsured novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.
