Latest Medicare News
Mon 16 Sep 2024
CMS Announces Resources and Flexibilities to Assist with the Public Health Emergency in the State of Louisiana
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today additional resources and flexibilities available in response to Hurricane Francine in Louisiana. CMS is working closely with the state of Louisiana to put these flexibilities in place to ensure those affected by this natural disaster have access to the care they need – when they need it most.
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Mon 16 Sep 2024
CMS Approves New Hampshire’s Request to Provide Essential Behavioral Health Services Through Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams
Thanks to the Biden-Harris American Rescue Plan, twenty states are now providing these critical services to individuals experiencing mental health or substance use disorders
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Mon 16 Sep 2024
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Treasury Issue Final Rules Strengthening Access to Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder Benefits
WASHINGTON – As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s effort to ensure more than 150 million people with private health coverage have greater access to mental health and substance use disorder care, the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury took significant action today by issuing final rules to clarify and strengthen protections to expand equitable access to these benefits as compared t...
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Mon 16 Sep 2024
CMS Roundup (September. 6, 2024)
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency.CMS Posts FAQs Addressing BD BACTEC™ Blood Culture Bottle Shortage
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Mon 16 Sep 2024
CMS Notifies Individuals Potentially Impacted by Data Breach
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) are notifying people whose protected health information or other personally identifiable information (PII) may have been compromised in connection with Medicare administrative services provided by WPS. WPS is a CMS contractor that handles Medicare Part A/B claims and related services for CMS.
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