Advisory

In a series of speeches the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justices Criminal Division announced that they are "stepping up" use of cases filed under the False Claims Act as a tool to investigate potential criminal activity.
On April 16, President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
This Quality Advisory summarizes the basic approaches of, and provides more resources to understand, the three report cards that will be released this spring Hospital Compare star ratings for the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) patient experience survey,…
On Dec. 29 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury issued final regulations implementing the requirements for charitable hospitals added by the Affordable Care Act.
On Dec. 8, CMS published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would make changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program for accountable care organizations.