Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
The CMS on Jan. 13 published a final rule to substantially update the conditions of participation that home health agencies must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid.
CMS on Dec. 20 finalized a new payment model that will bundle payment to acute care hospitals for heart attack and cardiac bypass surgery services. This Advisory highlights the critical changes CMS made to the programs from the proposed rule.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) Dec. 7 released a final rule creating a new safe harbor for transportation services under the antikickback statute (AKS) and implementing several exceptions created by Congress in the Affordable Care Act to civil monetary…
On Nov. 18, the CMS published its final rule for calendar year 2017 with changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule and other revisions under Medicare Part B.
The Senate today passed the 21st Century Cures Act, and President Obama is expected to sign the bill, which passed the House Dec. 1, into law.
On Oct. 14, the CMS published a final rule implementing key provisions of the new quality payment program for physicians and other professionals mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
The American Hospital Association and two of its personal membership groups, the American Society for Healthcare Engineering and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, recommend that all health care facilities review current policies and determine whether further action is needed…
On Nov. 3, CMS published its calendar year (CY) 2017 final rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS).
On Nov. 1, the CMS released the calendar year 2017 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center final rule.
Beginning Dec. 1, the CMS will reopen settlement for certain inpatient status claims.