Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
AHA Board Updates Principles and Guidelines on Hospital Billing and Collection Practices
On April 11, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent Congress a plan for reforming Medicare's hospital wage index, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
This Regulatory Advisory examines CMS's March 7 proposed rule defining Stage 2 of "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) and the proposed rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology that sets certification criteria, standards and implementation…
On February 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule implementing a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires a health care provider or supplier that received an overpayment from the Medicare program to report and return the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rescinded interpretive guidance it issued last fall pertaining to the ordering of rehabilitation and respiratory care services under the hospital Conditions of Participation and issued new guidance enabling hospital outpatient departments to…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the November 4, 2011 Federal Register published the calendar year 2012 final rule for the home health prospective payment system (PPS).
On July 8, 2011, the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services published an interim final rule (IFR) regarding the adoption of operating rules for two transaction standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center final rule for calendar year 2012.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on November 15 announced a new Part A to Part B Rebilling Demonstration Project, and the agency will begin accepting hospital applications today at 2 p.m. Eastern Time at the email addresses listed on page two this advisory.
A summary of CMS's physician fee schedule final rule for CY 2012 with changes to the Medicare and other Medicare Part B payment policies.