Nursing Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Labor created Medicare and we will protect it. Protecting the public hospital system, strengthen Medicare and help build Australias future. A new National Health Reform Agreement is due to take effect in 2026. But will it really make a difference? Were delivering an additional $1.7 Read the original article.

Medicare

Capitol Beat

JULY 31, 2025

Notably, this RFI from HHS is not the first health-related deregulatory RFI of this Administration—in May, ANA responded to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) RFI on deregulation. CMS continues to promote this RFI in its 2026 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Pay System and Physician Fee Schedule proposed rules.

Medicare

American Nurse

JULY 9, 2025

Medicare expects beneficiaries or caregivers to perform routine foot care (nail trimming and shaving, paring, cutting, and removal of calluses [keratoma and tyloma] and corns [heloma]), so it’s excluded from coverage. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website lists codes that indicate medical necessity. October 2028.

Medicare

Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 14, 2022

In support of these goals, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), acting under the direction of the Department of Health and Human Services, issued a proposed rule in the federal register in April titled Fiscal Year 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule).

Long Term Care