Advisory

A Message for AHA Members
CMS on May 6 published its fiscal year 2014 proposed for the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
The IRS and Department of the Treasury on April 5 issued proposed regulations on the community health needs assessment requirements for tax-exempt hospitals created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code).
On April 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the availability of new funding to support navigators in federally-facilitated and state partnership marketplaces (exchanges).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General April 8 released two proposed rules that would extend the regulatory protections for hospitals seeking to provide assistance to physicians in adopting certain health information…
On March 18, CMS issued an Administrators Ruling making immediate (but temporary) changes to its existing rebilling policy and a proposed rule, which would implement a permanent change.
On Feb. 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its final rule on the physician payment sunshine provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.