Advisory
Section 1311(h) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) describes several new patient safety and quality improvement requirements for certain hospitals and health care providers that wish to contract with Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) in the new Health Insurance Marketplaces.
The departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury on Nov. 8 issued a final rule implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA).
The Department of Health and Human Services in two recent documents expressed conflicting views that have implications for hospitals and health systems that wish to subsidize premiums for health plans purchased on the health insurance exchanges for individuals in need of assistance.
AHA Legislative Advisory regarding Discussion Draft On SGR Repeal and Medicare Physician Payment Reform
On Sept. 24, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule implementing a 2007 statutory requirement to establish a unique device identification system for medical devices.
In the Sept. 18 Federal Register, CMS published its final rule on the methodology for reducing federal Medicaid DSH allotments to states by an aggregate of $500 million in fiscal year 2014 and $600 million in FY 2015, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
On Sept. 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would provide the Secretary of HHS with discretion as to which sanctions may be applied to cases of intentional referral of proficiency testing (PT) samples to another laboratory, consistent with the…