Become NHSC-Approved and Recruit Health Care Professionals with Loan Repayment Incentives

Jun 15, 2020 - The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) announced they are accepting applications from healthcare facilities to become NHSC approved sites. Includes information on the benefits of a NHSC membership and encourages facilities that provide substance use disorder (SUD) treatment to apply. Applications are due July 21, 2020.

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CMS: Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals Federal Register

May 29, 2020 - Notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals for fiscal year 2021. Includes details of changes impacting Critical Access Hospital (CAH), Medicare graduate medical education for teaching hospitals, and inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals, among other things. Comments on the proposed rule are due by July 10, 2020.

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CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application From DNV-GL Healthcare USA, Inc. for Continued Approval of its Critical Access Hospital Accreditation Program Federal Register

May 18, 2020 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has received an application from DNV GL-Healthcare for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Comments on the application are due by June 17, 2020.

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