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On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule) seeking public comment regarding payment policy changes and other Medicare Part B issues. The Proposed Rule announced several goals, one being to expand access to covered behavioral health services, which include mental health …

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in April released its framework for health equity, seeking to revamp its approach to addressing the needs of underserved communities. The framework is the agency’s plan to address the imbalance in benefits and opportunities underserved communities experience. The framework is CMS’s update to its previous plan, and the …

Thomas W. Greeson. During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) amended or waived a wide array of rules, allowing for considerably more flexibility. The PHE determination has been renewed every 90 days on an ongoing basis (federal law provides that …

Q1 2021 unaudited projected results indicate more than 30% SaaS recurring revenue growth year over year Microsoft Outlook integration with VERB’s interactive video sales technology now in public beta testing, with imminent commercial release New product initiatives for verbLIVE to build leadership in growing and lucrative livestream ecommerce market verbLIVE now fully integrated with the …

Danielle Ivanov   | The Gainesville Sun A team of University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering students, professors and researchers has been awarded a $12.5 million NASA contract to test and build a space exploration device over the next four years. The group is creating a charge management system for the LISA space project, a cutting-edge technology …

When Coronado Middle School sixth grade math teacher Melissa Miller learned that she was selected as the next Kato Family “Innovation in Education” Award winner, she immediately deferred to her close colleague, Cara Hetrick. “So many of the adaptations, challenges, and triumphs of distance learning we have worked through and figured out together,” Melissa explained. …

LEXINGTON, Mass., Sept. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — T2 Biosystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTOO), a leader in the rapid detection of sepsis-causing pathogens, today announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continued the New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) for the Company’s T2Bacteria® Panel for Fiscal Year 2021. With this extension, U.S. hospitals treating Medicare inpatients …

Tribune News Service Shimla, June 3 The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) today demanded that Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur must resign in view of the large-scale irregularities in the health department and a White Paper be issued with regard to all purchases of sanitisers, PPE kits and ventilators. The CLP, which met here today with …

On August 30, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its new navigator grantees for 2020 and 2021 in the states with a federal marketplace. CMS also released an assister bulletin with additional guidance and updates on the training curriculum and certification requirements for navigators and certified application counselors. CMS awarded a …

On August 16, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Montana’s request to develop a state-based reinsurance program under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). CMS also recently released new guidance on direct enrollment (DE) compliance reviews and continues to approve new enhanced direct enrollment (EDE) entities. Montana Approved For …