Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its fiscal year 2019 final rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system in the Aug. 6 Federal Register. The final rule takes effect Oct. 1.
On Aug. 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the fiscal year 2019 final rule for the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
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) 2019. The rule affects inpatient PPS hospitals, critical access hospitals (CAHs), LTCHs and PPS-exempt…
On July 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its CY 2019 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center proposed rule. In addition to standard updates, the rule would substantially expand Medicare site-neutral payment policies in several areas and make…
On July 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update physician fee schedule payments for calendar year 2019. The rule also included several proposals to the quality payment program created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. AHA’s…
USA Today July 26 published an article focused on maternal health in the U.S. The investigative news piece highlights, among other findings, that each year more than 50,000 women who give birth in the U.S. are severely injured. One preventable medical complication is one too many and, clearly,…
On July 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its calendar year (CY) 2019 proposed rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS).
On June 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it had postponed the July update of Hospital Overall Star Ratings on its Hospital Compare website.