Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
At Issue
On Nov. 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its calendar year (CY) 2021 final rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS). The final rule takes effect Jan. 1, 2021.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oct. 28 announced an interim final rule establishing additional Medicare hospital payment to support Medicare beneficiaries鈥 access to COVID-19 vaccines and new treatments when they become available.
Issue
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 (CMS) hospital price transparency final rule, issued Nov. 14, 2019, will require hospitals to provide an out-of-pocket price estimator tool or information on 300 鈥渟hoppable鈥 services for patients as well as disclose their privately鈥
This advisory pulls together resources and strategies for creating care capacity, keeping people save, ensuring safe transport, keeping information safe, monitoring social media and mitigating community shutdowns
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Long-Term Care Hospital PPS: FY 2021 Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept. 2 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2021.
This Member Advisory summarizes the federal strategy for the public distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
This week, the RAND Corporation is slated to release Round 3 of its National Hospital Price Transparency Study, an employer-led initiative intended to measure and report publicly the prices paid for care at the hospital and service-line level.
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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Proposed Rule for CY 2021
This advisory provides details of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 calendar year 2021 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center proposed rule.