Advisory
In the May 11 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its fiscal year 2013 proposed rule for the inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital PPS.
On June 6, 2012, the Leapfrog Group is releasing the results of their first Hospital Safety Scorecard for more than 2,652 hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires hospitals to meet specified Conditions of Participation (CoPs) in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its fiscal year 2013 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment systems in the May 11 Federal Register.
HHS and CMS recently issued three final rules to provide the required framework for a state health insurance exchange established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is facing increasing pressure from the president and Congress to reduce improper provider payments in Medicare and Medicaid.
AHA Board Updates Principles and Guidelines on Hospital Billing and Collection Practices
On April 11, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent Congress a plan for reforming Medicare's hospital wage index, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
This Regulatory Advisory examines CMS's March 7 proposed rule defining Stage 2 of "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) and the proposed rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology that sets certification criteria, standards and implementation…
On February 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule implementing a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires a health care provider or supplier that received an overpayment from the Medicare program to report and return the…