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Effective Date Set for Revised ABN Form
The revised Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131, is now available to download from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Affected organizations must start using the updated ABN form by June 30, 2023.
Office-Based Surgery: Let’s Talk Trash! What’s the Big Deal About Boxes?
Cardboard shipping boxes are ubiquitous. There’s likely one in or near your workspace at this moment. It’s probably harmless. But a corrugated cardboard box that makes its way into a semi-restricted and restricted area of your surgical services department is another story – a very serious story. You need a plan.
Compounding Pharmacy: Properly Display Current Licenses, Permits
PCAB Accreditation Standards require compounding pharmacies to be compliant with all federal, state, local, and nonresident licensure/permit requirements, as applicable.
Palliative Care: Standards Require Credential Verification
Recent federal arrests in a scheme to sell fake nursing diplomas serve as a critical reminder to palliative care organizations about the importance of verifying credentials for licensed personnel.
Behavioral Health: Standards Require Credential Verification
Recent federal arrests in a scheme to sell fake nursing diplomas serve as a critical reminder to behavioral health facilities about the importance of verifying credentials for licensed personnel.
Changes to Know for Clinical Laboratories
COVID-19 tests and cholera testing remain current topics. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a bulletin about a COVID-19 test recall and has approved four more at-home antigen tests.
Hospice: CMS Revisions Impact Survey Record Review Requirements
On January 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released revisions to Hospice-Appendix M of the State Operations Manual.
Palliative Care: Plan Ahead for the End of the COVID-19 PHE
With the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ending soon, affected healthcare providers, including home health agencies with deemed status, will need to make adjustments as they prepare to restore normal operations.
Hospice: Plan Ahead for the End of the PHE
With the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ending soon, affected healthcare providers, including home health agencies with deemed status, will need to make adjustments as they prepare to restore normal operations.
Demonstrating Separate Services for Home Infusion Therapy Accreditation
For home infusion therapy (HIT) suppliers, the Medicare Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) apply to an organization as a whole — including all clients/patients and not just Medicare beneficiaries.