The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule on December 27, 2023, to implement an order from the Federal district court for the District of Connecticut in Alexander v. Azar that requires HHS to establish appeals processes for certain Medicare beneficiaries who are initially admitted as hospital inpatients but are subsequently reclassified as outpatients receiving observation services during their hospital stay and meet other eligibility criteria.
Authorization to continue to allow nursing practice by graduate nurses and students in their last semester of nursing education programs will expire on March 31, 2024.
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DoR) has released preliminary revenue figures for the first half of December showing a continued decline in state revenue.
The Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) has published additional information regarding “topping off” of Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) benefits.
The state’s November total unemployment rate was 2.9 percent, up 0.1 percentage point from the revised October estimate of 2.8 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) announced last Friday.