The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is the federal agency
that defines regulations, and payment of services. CMS provides services
that are important to The Middletown Home and other long-term care providers
such as Medicare guidelines, Medicaid guidelines, CLIA, and HIPAA guidelines.
To learn what these acronyms stand-for or to find out additional information
about these acronyms please click on the link provided below. environment.
The Middletown Home uses the CMS site to download HIPAA specific training for
our staff.
CMS is a particularly good site to research HIPAA information. HIPAA
stands for the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act. It
is a more recent act and has been interpreted very differently from healthcare
provider to provider. As new technology and increasing sensitivity to
confidentiality in the health settings increase, CMS will continue to be
utilized for their guidance as it relates to HIPAA. Besides guidelines
such as HIPAA files on CMS, CMS also oversees state agencies such as Department
of Health. |
