On December 28, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a memo to state survey agency directors clarifying its position on the use of text messaging among health care providers. In its memo, CMS stated that it does not permit texting of patient orders by health care providers, as texting of patient
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CMS Releases 2018 OPPS/ASC Payment Systems Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2018 Medicare: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs Final Rule with comment period, scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2017. The Final Rule, effective January 1, 2018, includes the following changes to…