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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