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State: All
CMS FY 2024 Hospice Payment Update Final Rule
Date Effective : 10/1/2023
Program: Hospice
On July 28, 2023, CMS issued a final rule updating Medicare hospice payments and the aggregate cap amount for FY 2024. This rule provided updates to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program as well as established new Hospice Certifying Physician Enrollment. This final rule was effective October 1, 2023, with exception to the provider enrollment provision which are effective May 1, 2024.
Read MoreState: California
California Department of Health All-Facility Letter 24-01
Date Effective : 01/3/2024
Program: Home Health
California home health agencies (HHAs) having difficulty recruiting nurses who meet experience qualifications can now seek help from the state. The California Department of Public Health is currently accepting requests for flexibility of the one-year professional nursing experience requirement stipulated under Title 22 CCR sections 74707 (c) and (d). Flexibility requests may be made agency-wide or for an individual registered nurse (RN) or licensed vocational nurse (LVN). The HHA must provide additional training and supervision while preserving patient safety and quality of care.
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January 2024 Update to the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System
Date Posted : 01/12/2024
Program: Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC)
Make sure your billing staff knows about system updates to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System for January 2024.
- Addition of HCPCS codes C1600-C1603
- Eight HCPCS codes that expired from the Pass-Through Status
- New HCPCS code for Biology-Guided Radiation Therapy Services
- Newly established codes for Drugs and Biologicals
- Procedure codes for procedures new to ASCs
State: All
2024 Home Infusion Therapy rates
Date Posted : 12/8/2023
Date Effective : 01/1/2024
Program: Home Infusion Therapy
The CY 2024 GAFs have been revised to reflect the extension of the work GPCI floor through January 19, 2024, as authorized by Section 501 of the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024. The GAF standardization factors, which are calculated to ensure that GAF updates are implemented in a budget neutral manner, have also been revised to 1.0026. The CY 2024 national and geographically adjusted HIT payment rates were updated to reflect the changes to the GAF standardization factor.
Read MoreState: Ohio
Ohio update to Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Athletic Trainers Board out of state licensure.
Date Proposed : 09/29/2023
Date Effective : 12/14/2023
Date Adopted : 12/4/2023
Program: Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies, Pharmacy
Licensure for out-of-state applicants.
In accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code, an applicant who holds a license issued by another state may obtain a license to practice orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics in the state of Ohio if the out-of-state applicant qualifies. Read MoreState: Florida
Florida Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders (ADRD) Training
Date Effective : 07/1/2023
Date Adopted : 06/27/2023
Program: Assisted Living, Home Care, Home Health, Home Infusion Therapy
Florida recently updated Florida Statute 430.5025 Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia; education and training.
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