Upcoming File Transfer Service Downtime
Providers and billing agents should note that, due to scheduled maintenance, the File Transfer Service (FTS) portal will be unavailable Sunday, April 23, 2023, from...Read More
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NEW QAPI Resources (SNF/AL)
AHCA/NCAL published a series of new resources to assist members in operationalizing and optimizing their QAPI programs. The resources include the following: QM Drilldown Quick Reference Tool Rehospitalizations...Read More
Workforce Update – New Refugee Partnership (SNF/AL) AHCA is partnering with various groups on workforce needs. Most recently, they connected with the Tent Partnership for Refugees. This groups...
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Webinar Recording Now Available for FY24 SNF Proposed Payment Rule (SNF)
Members can now access the recording of last week's webinar with AHCA President and CEO Mark Parkinson reviewing key details of the FY24 skilled nursing facility (SNF) proposed payment...Read More
AFC Rule Change Update
Changes to the Adult Foster Care (AFC) rules continue to move through the administrative rule process. While a public hearing about the proposed changes was...Read More
2022 Certificate of Need Annual Survey due April 28, 2023
The annual survey from Certificate of Need (CON), which all nursing facilities in the state are required to complete, is now available and due April 28, 2023....Read More
Meet Representative Christine Morse Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
State Rep. Christine Morse is serving her second term representing parts of the cities of Portage and Kalamazoo and parts of Oshtemo and Texas townships....Read More
AHCA Congressional Briefing – Join HCAM in Washington, D.C.!
Registration is now open for AHCA’s Congressional Briefing on June 5 and 6 in Washington, D.C. Meeting with your representatives is an important way to...Read More
2% Increase to Interim Rates Retro to January 1, 2023 (SNF)
As a reminder, providers will see a 2% increase to the current Medicaid interim rate — from 2.5% to 4.5% —retroactively applied to January 1,...Read More
MDHHS to Offer Initial Settlements for FY 2022 Cost Reports (SNF)
As we have reported, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) agreed to an HCAM proposal to distribute initial settlements for providers’ fiscal...Read More
MI Choice Provider Monitoring (SNF/AL)
During the public health emergency (PHE), the state placed restrictions on access to adult foster care, homes for the aged, assisted living communities, and nursing...Read More
Updates to Nursing Facility Providers Level of Care Determination (LOCD) Door 0 Claims Process (SNF)
During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), providers were instructed to not to create Door 0 Level of Care Determinations (LOCDs) in the Community Health...Read More
Biden Administration Announces Executive Actions to Improve Care
Yesterday, President Biden's Administration issued a detailed fact sheet announcing what they described as “the most sweeping set of Executive Actions to improve care in history.” The fact...Read More
SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available (SNF)
The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports were updated and are now available from iQIES. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures,...Read More
iQIES Minimum Data Set (MDS) Submission and Reports Now Available – Migration Complete (SNF)
The Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) for Minimum Data Set (MDS) record submissions and reports is now available. All MDS submissions that were...Read More
Focus F-Tags of the Week (SNF)
§483.24 Activities of Daily Living: In fall 2022, CMS issued Admin Info: 22-09-ALL, which outlined several regulatory focus areas for Federal Monitoring Surveys related to specific F-tags for...Read More
On the Move with Thelma
Thelma has now joined the offices of 25 Michigan legislative leaders. As our spokesperson, Thelma adds personality and a positive image to our message that...Read More
CMS Corrects Guidance on Billing for 3-Day Waiver Admissions (SNF)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published updated claim coding guidance about the use of the DR condition code on claims after the end of...Read More
HCAM Webinar: PHE Unwind Roadmap Webinar Recording Now Available (SNF/AL)
HCAM conducted a webinar about what you need to do as the public health emergency (PHE) ends. A recorded version of that webinar is now available....Read More
Respiratory Fit Testing Kits (SNF/AL)
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) continues to provide free qualitative fit testing apparatus kits along with Michigan Occupational Safety and Health...Read More
Expired COVID Test Kits (SNF/AL)
Do you have expired COVID test kits? If so, use this tool to make certain the test kits cannot be used. Look for the list of expiration dates...Read More
Monovalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines No Longer Authorized for Use in U.S. (SNF/AL)
Today, April 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccines to simplify the...Read More
Join Us for the HCAM UP Education Conference
Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Providers: Please join us for the association’s UP Education Conference in Marquette on May 23-24, 2023. This year’s conference will...Read More