On October 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted emergency use authorization to authorize the use of a first booster dose for patients 18 years and older:
CY 2023 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2023 hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system final rule (CMS 1772-FC).
CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that includes updates and policy changes for Medicare payments under the calendar year (CY) 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and other Medicare Part B issues, effective on or after January 1, 2023.
Home Health Billing Update: The OASIS-E Launch is Coming
If you’re preparing for home health billing and home health coding strategy updates in 2023, now is the time to catch up on OASIS-E updates and how organizations like yours should get ready. The short answer is that the launch is scheduled soon, and that outsourced home health solutions might help fill in any gaps you have or address concerns.
CMS Announces No Cost Sharing For Bivalent COVID-19 To Children Ages 5 To 11
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently expanded the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 through 11 years. This followed the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization of updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech for children ages 5 through 11 years and from Moderna for children and adolescents ages 6 through 17 years. People with Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage, private insurance coverage, or no health coverage can get COVID-19 vaccines, including the updated Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, at no cost, for as long as the federal government continues purchasing and distributing these COVID-19 vaccines.
