Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A hospital that receives what it suspects to be an improper transfer must report their suspicions to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the relevant state survey agency within 72 hours of when the hospital suspects they have received an improperly transferred individual. Ethics: II: 9.4.2 32106 (June 22, 1994). 9 42 U.S.C.

Medicaid

American Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provides federal oversight of care quality in all U.S. hospitals that receive Medi­care and Medicaid funding. Hospitals that accept patients with Medicare or Medicaid insurance (approximately 61.4 Doi: 10.51256/ANJ072339 Reference Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Medicaid

Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). Although the report is free and accessible easily online, provider download rates tend to be low. We all love free tools that help our organizations perform better. Low retrieval rates.

Medicare

American Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

The project included use of the organization’s telemedicine AnyWhere Care (AWC) web application, which patients can download to their smartphones. doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The application then feeds data to the patient’s electronic health record (EHR). Backhouse A, Ogunlayi F. 2020;368:m865.doi:10.1136/bmj.m865

Telemedicine

American Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

Takeaways: To help patients and their families make informed decisions about choosing health care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly reports quality performance measures. ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/index.html Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Data transparency aids care quality improvement.

Medicare

American Nurse

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As a tool for clinic or mobile use, the ACC Foundation Risk Estimator Plus app can be downloaded to the computer (left) or as a tablet or smartphone Android or Apple app (right). Because of missed stratification opportunities from uncompleted ASCVD risk calculations, most patients with T2DM weren’t appropriately prescribed statin medications.

Health Literacy

American Nurse

JULY 3, 2024

Patient-centered care focused on self-sufficiency The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the term “home health” to describe a federal health insurance program that provides intermittent short-term care to help patients recover from illness and become as self-sufficient as possible at home. Home health care.

Self-Care