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Search Results for: NOTICE

Cobra Notices Revised to Include More Medicare Information

September 3, 2020

As the Center for Medicare Advocacy wrote in our January 2020 CMA Alert, the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor Committees sent a letter that month to the Secretaries of Health … [Read more...] about Cobra Notices Revised to Include More Medicare Information

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: alert, COBRA, Medicare Enrollment, Weekly Alert

Center Comments on Use of written Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN)

October 24, 2019

October 21, 2019 VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-9115-P, Mail Stop C4-26-05 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 RE: … [Read more...] about Center Comments on Use of written Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN)

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: comment, comments, Coverage & Appeals

Center Comments on the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters

November 28, 2017

November 27, 2017 Submitted Electronically to www.regulations.gov Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Room 445-G Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue … [Read more...] about Center Comments on the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: comment, comments

CMS Issues Instructions Regarding the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON)

February 15, 2017

Beginning no later than March 8, 2017, and as required by the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (NOTICE Act),[1] hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) are required to give patients both oral and written … [Read more...] about CMS Issues Instructions Regarding the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON)

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: Acute Hospital Care, Observation, Observation Status, Weekly Alert

Hospitals Must Give Patients Notice of Their Observation Status, Beginning March 8, 2017

December 14, 2016

Effective August 6, 2016, the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (NOTICE Act)[1] requires acute care hospitals to provide oral and written notification to patients who are classified as outpatients or observation … [Read more...] about Hospitals Must Give Patients Notice of Their Observation Status, Beginning March 8, 2017

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: Acute Hospital Care, Observation, Observation Status, Weekly Alert

Observation Status Hurts Medicare Beneficiaries – Whether they have NOTICE or Not

August 10, 2016

An August 7, 2016 New York Times article once again highlighted the problem of hospital Observation Status, including issues with the NOTICE Act, which is supposed to help Medicare beneficiaries understand their status. The … [Read more...] about Observation Status Hurts Medicare Beneficiaries – Whether they have NOTICE or Not

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: Observation Status, Weekly Alert

CMS Delays Implementation of NOTICE Act Until Fall 2016

August 4, 2016

Beginning August 6, 2016, the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (NOTICE Act)[1] requires hospitals to provide written and oral notice, within 36 hours, to patients who are in observation or other outpatient … [Read more...] about CMS Delays Implementation of NOTICE Act Until Fall 2016

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: Observation Status, Weekly Alert

Further Center Comments on the NOTICE Act – June 2016

July 8, 2016

June 16, 2016 Andrew M. Slavitt Acting Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Room 445-G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C.  … [Read more...] about Further Center Comments on the NOTICE Act – June 2016

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: comment, comments, Observation Status

Observation Status and the NOTICE Act: Advocates Not Over the MOON

April 27, 2016

In proposed rules updating Medicare reimbursement to acute care hospitals,[1] the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announces how it intends to implement the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act … [Read more...] about Observation Status and the NOTICE Act: Advocates Not Over the MOON

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: Acute Hospital Care, Observation Status, Weekly Alert

Notice About the Center’s Nurse Staffing Project

April 13, 2016

As part of the Center’s ongoing project on approaches to improve nurse staffing levels in nursing facilities, this week we are posting a paper on “Increasing Reimbursement.”  This approach increases reimbursement to nursing … [Read more...] about Notice About the Center’s Nurse Staffing Project

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: Weekly Alert

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