Federal January CMS Vaccine Policy Now Enforceable in All 50 States QSO–20-09-ALL Guidance for the Interim Final Rule – Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination March Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) demonstration, known as the Medicare Advantage (MA) hospice carve-in, began in 2020. The MA plans have increased with 34 states participating. […]

C-TAC Positions Itself to Work on Policy Priorities C-TAC says that opportunities have emerged in 2023 “to advance C-TAC’s agenda at the federal level and, increasingly, with states.” An article at CTAC’s website, “Updates on Policy Priorities on Serious Illness,” examines these changes and explores C-TAC’s work in these areas. CMMI’s payment demonstrations programs report […]

New Mexico Register REGULATION AND LICENSING DEPARTMENT SOCIAL WORK EXAMINERS, BOARD OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC RULE HEARING AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING The New Mexico Board of Social Work Examiners will hold a rule hearing on Friday, June 16, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. The purpose of the rule hearing is to receive public comment related to […]

Utah Hospices Take A Stand For Quality Care Noting the recent media stories that have highlighted issues of great concern about the quality of care provided by some hospices, Utah hospices are speaking out. “Nationally, hospice has become big business, prompting some organizations to treat patients as pure numbers designed to extract money from Medicaid,” says the article in Utah Business. The article notes how the government has been […]