Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposed regulation related to Medicaid program financing and supplemental payments.
AHA comments to CMS on the transparency in coverage proposed rule. The AHA appreciates the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services鈥 (collectively, the departments) effort to increase the availability of useful information for patients, specifically, the proposal to improve鈥
The Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (collectively, the departments) propose to require health plans to provide their enrollees individualized information on their expected cost-sharing liability for a health care event, as well as other important information about鈥
The AHA commented on the Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 draft guidance for industry and FDA staff on clinical decision support software as part of the agency鈥檚 efforts to implement Section 3060(a) of the 21st Century Cures Act.
By proposing a new safe harbor for patient engagement tools and creating three new safe harbors for value-based arrangements, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has taken 鈥渢he first steps toward much needed reform鈥 of the federal anti-kickback statute and civil鈥
Congressional leaders Dec. 16 unveiled a $1.4 trillion spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The bill includes a number of key priorities for hospitals and health systems, including delaying the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) cuts through May 22, 2020, and extensions for a鈥
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend for 60 days 鈥 until March 17 鈥 the comment period for its Medicaid fiscal accountability proposed rule.
The AHA applauded 鈥渢he new direction鈥 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking to modify, modernize and clarify the physician self-referral law, also known as the Stark Law, to 鈥減rovide space for the types of innovative arrangements among hospitals and physicians that can enhance鈥