The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has updated its guidance for Single Audit reporting of Provider Relief Funds (PRF) on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA). …
Medicare Rural Health Clinic Payment Reform
In December 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R. 133) which included significant comprehensive reforms to the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Medicare payment system. Subsequently, in April …
Draffin Tucker Hosts Successful Student Leadership Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2021 Draffin Tucker Hosts Successful Student Leadership Program Community service focus generates $1,000 for Open Hand Atlanta Albany, GA. – On Friday, June 4, Draffin …
State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2020 Upper Payment Limit (UPL) Hospital Payments
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated the process of the SFY 2020 Hospital UPL payments. Payments and intergovernmental transfer amounts were provided with a notice to providers …
FY 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payment
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated to providers that DCH is preparing to make final payments for the State Fiscal Year 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program. …
Redistribution of FY 2015 – FY 2017 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Audit Overpayments
The Georgia Department of Community Health notified public hospitals of a redistribution of overpayments identified by Myers and Stauffer’s Independent Verification of the SFY 2015 through SFY 2017 DSH payments. …
Community Health Centers: Rising to Meet the Challenges of a Global Pandemic – Part Two
After a year of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, Shelley Spires, CEO of Albany Area Primary Health Care, a community health center in southwest Georgia, sat down with Draffin Tucker partner …
Community Health Centers: Rising to Meet the Challenges of a Global Pandemic – Part One
After a year of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, Shelley Spires, CEO of Albany Area Primary Health Care, a community health center in southwest Georgia, sat down with Draffin Tucker partner …
COVID-19 Rural Health Center (RHC) and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Lump Sum Payments
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that RHCs and FQHCs may request lump sum payments for administering COVID-19 vaccinations prior to settlement of cost reports. Lump …
Draffin Tucker Announces the Promotion of Haley Bass to Senior Accountant
Albany, GA. – Draffin Tucker is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Haley Bass to Senior Accountant in the firm’s Healthcare Industry, where she works primarily with audits, cost reports, …