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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released new guidance extending an enforcement delay of the uninsured/self-pay good faith estimate convening provider requirements until further rulemaking to establish a standard technology or transaction. Under the No Surprises Act,…
The AHA released on Nov. 29 a detailed summary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final rule for the calendar year 2023 home health prospective payment system.
When physicians, nurses and health care professionals experience extended periods of stress and burnout, they often feel as though they are letting down their patients, their families, and their colleagues. Moreover, they feel more challenged to care not just for their patients, but also themselves…
Health care organizations experiment and pilot changes that can help support their current workforce in providing needed care in their communities.
The challenges that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic in health care workforce recruitment and retention remain.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health system teams experienced violence, from bullying and incivility to active shooters, intimate partner violence, cyberattacks, homicides and suicides. However, the compounding trauma of the pandemic has heightened the need to create a safer…
Reducing stigma and improving access to behavioral health services for the health care workforce, combined with fostering human resilience can improve mental and often physical health, reduce the total cost of care, reduce suicide, and support a healthy workforce.
Health-ISAC sponsored and facilitated a tabletop exercise with participants from Health-ISAC members and United States Government (USG) agencies in July 2022, marking the third annual iteration of the Hobby Exercise.
In this proposed rule, HHS seeks to revise, delete, replace or add regulatory language to the Part 2 regulations to align them with those under HIPAA, as well as to improve clarity or readability. The agency notes that it will issue a separate rule on CARES Act provisions related to…