Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
Medicaid Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vacci...
This advisory highlights key sections of the final rule implementing an ACA provision that requires states to increase Medicaid payment rates to Medicare levels in 2013 and 2014 for primary care physicians who furnish certain primary care services, and provides 100% federal financing for the two-…
On Jan. 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA).
On Nov. 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its calendar year 2013 final rule for the home health prospective payment system.
On Nov. 1, CMS released the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule with comment period for calendar year (CY) 2013. Changes in the rule are generally effective Jan. 1 and detailed in this advisory.
CMS and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently released an interim final rule with comment period that includes revisions to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs and the 2014 Edition Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification Criteria,…
This week, the Measure Applications Partnership released a set of more than 500 quality measures that it will review for inclusion in federal health care payment and reporting programs.
On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center final rule for calendar year 2013.
CMS on September 4 published a 196-page final rule defining Stage 2 of "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs). At the same time, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (IT) issued a 130-page final rule...
Regulatory Advisory regarding Administrative Simplification, Identifiers & Compliance Date Change for ICD-10 Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Aug. 1 placed on display its fiscal year 2013 final rule for the inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital PPS.