Reingruber Alert: Medicare Update & CMS Stakeholder Call
4/2/2020 - By Claudia Reingruber, CPA
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CMS Stakeholder Call Held on March 31, 2020
If you missed the CMS call with Selma Verna on March 31, 2020, a recording and transcript of the call are now available. Click here to access.
Some key points covered in the call include the following:
- Hospital without Walls Strategy - flexibility to increase hospital capacity to meet influx of patients
- Expanded Coverage for Ambulance - Medicare will cover transportation between various sites
- Efforts to Facilitate Testing - Medicare will pay labs to collect samples in patient homes and nursing homes
- Helping Hospitals Increase Staffing - Removing barriers to hiring physicians, nurses, and other clinicians
- “Dramatic” Expansion of Telehealth - Medicare will pay physicians for phone calls with patients, eliminating the need for face-to-face visits
- Temporary Relief from Audits and Various Deadlines - Extending a variety of deadlines and suspending documentation requests
- Expanded Availability of Advance Payments - Medicare providers can obtain payment in advance to help address cash flow problems
CMS Expands Medicare Advance Payments for Providers
New Q&A Document from AHCA provides additional clarification:
- Includes responses received from CMS to submitted questions
- CMS will be updating their Q&A shortly
- Click here to download the AHCA Q&A
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