Special Bulletin
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) sends members Special Bulletins on the latest health care news, legislation, and advocacy opportunities for hospitals and health systems.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a Health Plan Management System memo to all Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) and Medicare-Medicaid Plans to strongly encourage them to waive or relax plan prior authorization requirements and utilization management processes鈥
The Hospital Price Transparency rule has been in effect since Jan. 1, 2021, requiring hospitals to disclose all of their privately negotiated rates with health plans, in addition to self-pay and chargemaster rates. Hospitals are also required to provide an online patient cost estimator tool or鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aug. 2 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2022.
This Special Bulletin reviews highlights of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 FY 2022 final rule for the long-term care hospital prospective payment system.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 29 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2022 final rules for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) and skilled-nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment systems (PPS).
The Senate last night voted 67-32 to move forward on a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. A bipartisan group of senators and the White House agreed on a deal yesterday afternoon. Legislative language has not been released yet. The Senate could vote on the legislation in the next鈥
CMS Issues Hospital Outpatient/ASC Proposed Rule, Including Modifications to Price Transparency Rule
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CMS Issues Hospital Outpatient/ASC Proposed Rule,
Including Modifications to Price Transparency Rule
The AHA released a series of public service announcements (PSA) and supporting materials that encourage people to seek the answers they need and ask the questions that will help them understand and become confident in the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 13 issued a proposed rule that would update physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2022.
President Biden today signed an executive order (EO) establishing a 鈥渨hole-of-government鈥 effort to promote competition in the American economy. The EO includes 72 initiatives by more than a dozen federal agencies to tackle competition issues across the economy, including in health care, financial鈥