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, renal dialysis facilities, long-term care hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers located in areas affected by Hurricanes.
Helpful links:
Hurricane and Medicare Disaster Related Claims Information:
https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/Emergency/Hurricanes.html
https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4332
https://www.disasterassistance.gov/
Getting care & drugs in disasters or emergencies:
https://www.medicare.gov/what-medicare-covers/getting-care-and-drugs-in-disasters-or-emergencies.html
Potential Hurricane Phishing Scams
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/08/28/Potential-Hurricane-Harvey-Phishing-Scams
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services:
www.cms.hhs.gov
