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Changes to Medicare Coverage for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment Services
This NABH Issue Brief highlights changes to coverage for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included in its 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and other final rules. The PFS rule…
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HHS Announces Delay in Provider Relief Fund Reporting Deadline and Revisions to ‘Lost Revenue’ Definition
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) has announced a new reporting portal for providers to register and submit information about how they have used payments from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) to cover Covid-19-related costs and lost revenues.…
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CMS Expands Medicare Telehealth Coverage for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended some Medicare coverage of telehealth services that the agency authorized during the Covid-19 pandemic. The changes were included in the final 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule that was published in…
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HHS-OIG Requests Recommendations for New or Updated Safe Harbor Provisions
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Wednesday requested proposals and recommendations to develop new, or to modify existing, safe harbor provisions under the Social Security Act’s federal anti-kickback statute. The statute applies criminal…
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Biden Chooses California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to Lead HHS
President-elect Joseph Biden has selected Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general, as his nominee to lead U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS). Becerra, who represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017, was chairman of the…
