AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (June 20, 2019)—Casamba, a provider of electronic medical record (EMR) solutions for skilled nursing facilities (SNF), home health agencies, outpatient therapy and contract therapy providers, announced it has added HIPAA One to its partner network.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 18, 2019)—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued a proposed rule significantly revising the nondiscrimination regulations that implemented Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The revisions are intended to reduce burden, eliminate redundancy with several other nondiscriminatory regulations, and provide clarity in the application of nondiscrimination requirements.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 18, 2019)—Performant, the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC), has received approval to audit blood glucose test or reagent strips (A4253) as of June 14, 2019. This is a national complex review and the description of the review states: “The quantity of glucose test strips (A4353) that are covered depends upon the usual medical needs of the diabetic patient.

AMSTERDAM (June 18, 2019)—Royal Philips, a provider of health technology, announced the company’s SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband will be used in research funded by the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH), a virtual institute empowered by the NASA Human Research Program, for two unprecedented studies evaluating the relationship between sleep and cognitive performance for behavioral health.