Advisory

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 31 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2024 final rule for the skilled-nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system system (PPS). This rule updates SNF payments, modifies the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) and makes several other…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 27 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2024 final rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system.
he Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) August 1 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2024.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 13 issued its physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2024.
The AHA is deeply concerned that CMS is proposing a CY 2024 outpatient hospital payment update of only 2.8% despite persistent financial headwinds facing the hospital field.
The AHA is disappointed that CMS disregarded AHA’s and other stakeholders’ recommendations to improve the IPF PPS and IPFQR. Even though the final payment update is higher than proposed, it is still insufficient to meet the critical financial pressures faced by psychiatric facilities.
On June 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its calendar year (CY) 2024 proposed rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS).
The CMS July 11 published its proposed rule regarding the remedy for the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System 340B Drug Payment Policy for calendar years (CY) 2018-2022.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) June 9 released for public comment a notice of proposed changes to breach notification requirements for entities that collect health information but are not covered by privacy and security requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (…
A Russia-linked ransomware gang is exploiting a security flaw in MOVEit Transfer, a tool used by hospitals, health systems, corporations and government agencies to share large files over the internet, resulting in a serious ransomware threat against critical infrastructure.