Member
On April 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\). The proposed rule is available on CMS' web site and will be published in the April 30 Federal Register. Comments…
Today, the fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facilities \(IRF\) was placed on display by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\). In addition to other changes, this proposal would implement several key provisions of the Medicare, Medicaid, and S…
Unique Union Election Ground Rules Undermined by Inter-Union Rivalry - On March 11, Catholic Healthcare Partners \(CHP\) was forced to withdraw petitions for union elections to be held under unique ground rules in nine hospitals, covering more than 8,500 employees in 47 units.
On April 7, the Internal Revenue Service \(IRS\) released draft instructions for theredesigned Form 990 released in December 2007. The final Form 990 contains a core form and 16 related schedules, including Schedule H-Hospitals, designated solely for taxexempt hospitals. Except for the required…
CMS today issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009
Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment in Alameda County Medical Center v. Leavitt
To date compliance requirements for hospitals and other healthcare facilities has not yet been promulgated by the NIMS Integration Center. A draft NIMS Compliance Expectations for Hospitals has been devised and is in the final stages of approval. Once approved over the next 45 days, the new NIMS…
Union Organizing in Hospitals: A Preliminary Look at AHA Survey DataIn April 2007, the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association \(AHA\) began to formally collectdata from member hospitals about union organizing.
President Bush today in his fiscal year 2008 federal budget proposed cutting 5.8 billion over the next five years from Medicare and 5.7 billion from Medicaid. A detailed breakdown of the impact on the Medicare and Medicaid programs is available on the AHA.org web site.
On March 28, information about patients' experience of hospital care from the HCAHPS survey will be shared publicly for the first time on the Hospital Quality Alliance's \(HQA\) Web site, Hospital Compare. Health care consumers highly value information about patients' perceptions of their hospital…