Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two comprehensive toolkits on telehealth that are specific to general practitioners as well as providers treating patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Under President Trump’s leadership to respond to the need to limit the spread…… Continue reading CMS Releases Telehealth Toolkits for General Practitioners and ESRD Providers

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare I blogged early this week COVID-19 emergency declaration waivers.  CMS revised and updated this information via MLN Matters Number: SE20011 on March 18, 2020. This MLN Matters is a definite must-read.  You’ll find updated information on Telehealth – look for the red ink on pages…… Continue reading Medicare FFS Response to the Public Health Emergency on COVID-19…Revised Again

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Briggs Healthcare is providing a free COVID-19 Preparedness Checklist – Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term/Senior Living Settings to help LTC and AL facilities prepare for COVID-19.  We’ve enhanced the CDC-provided checklist to allow for notes, dates, signatures, etc. I encourage you to access, download and…… Continue reading COVID-19 Preparedness Checklist

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 17, 2020, CMS announced that it has “broadened access to Medicare telehealth services so that beneficiaries can receive a wider range of services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. These policy changes build on the regulatory flexibilities granted…… Continue reading CMS Announces Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Coverage

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare I’m hoping that you’ve taken the time to review my blogs this past Saturday: Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes REVISED Again and COVID-19 Emergency Declaration – Health Providers Fact Sheet: Waivers The NH guidance memorandum changed everything in terms…… Continue reading CMS Waivers in Response to COVID-19 Situation

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you watched the White House COVID-19 Task Force briefing the afternoon of Monday, March 16, 2020, you saw several of the Task Force members with papers in their hands as well as a page shown while speaking and a large poster behind the group…… Continue reading 15 Days to Slow the Spread

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late evening on Friday, March 13, 2020, CMS issued COVID-19 Emergency Declaration – Health Care Providers Fact Sheet which includes waiver information: Skilled Nursing Facilities 3-day prior hospitalization Renewal of SNF coverage for certain beneficiaries who recently exhausted SNF benefits Critical Access Hospitals Limit of…… Continue reading COVID-19 Emergency Declaration – Health Providers Fact Sheet: Waivers

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Today, March 13, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a Fact Sheet to aid Medicare providers with information relating to the pricing of both the CDC and non-CDC tests. Medicare’s initial payment for the test will be about $36 and non-CDC…… Continue reading Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) COVID-19 Test Pricing Announced

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Thursday, March 12, 2020, CMS published the initial COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for State Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies.  This 11-page FAQ are part of the ongoing White House Task Force efforts. CMS developed a Disaster Response Toolkit that is…… Continue reading COVID-19 FAQ Document for State Medicaid and CHIP Agencies