On October 1, 2025, the U.S. federal government entered a shutdown due to a lapse in funding. While some federal services are paused, key health programs remain active. Programs That Continue Operating Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP – Coverage and payments continue Social Security benefits – Payments still being processed Veterans’ health services – VA hospitals, …
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Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE), declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Thanks to the Administration’s whole-of-government approach to combatting the virus, …
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The Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule announced today The Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule conversion factor is $33.06, a decrease of $1.55 to the Calendar Year 2022 “PFS” conversion factor of $34.61. Click Here for More Information: Click Here fact sheet on the CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: …
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Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management, issued “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I,” an interim final rule that will restrict excessive out of pocket costs to consumers from surprise billing and balance billing. Surprise billing happens when …
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March 9, 2020 HHS Finalizes Historic Rules Providing Patients More Control of Their Health Data The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today finalized two trans-formative rules that will give patients unprecedented safe, secure access to their health data. For more information check out the links below. References: This information was taken from …
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September 21, 2017 Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Update “Hurricane Maria” The HHS Secretary Thomas E. Price, MD declared a Public Health Emergency in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands due to Hurricane Maria on Tuesday, September 19, 2017. You can find the OCR’s latest guidance on Hurricane Maria, limited waiver of HIPAA …
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CMS News Updates: Disaster Exceptions/Exemptions for Medicare Certified Providers Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is granting exceptions under certain Medicare quality reporting and value-based purchasing programs to acute care hospitals, PPS-exempt cancer hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, hospices, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, …
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Compliance Update: June 27, 2017 HOMELAND SECURITY REPORTS – PETYA RANSOMWARE ATTACKS: The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team aka US-CERT is reporting Petya ransomware infections occurring in networks in many countries around the world. Petya ransomware encrypts the master boot records of infected Windows computers, making affected machines unusable. Open-source reports indicate that the …
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