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On January 28 the Health Resources and Services Administration published a final rule expanding who must report information to the National Practitioner Data Bank \(NPDB\). The rule does not change the reporting requirements for hospitals. However, it requires additional entities, such as private…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) in the November 10 Federal Register published the calendar year \(CY\) 2010 final rule for the home health \(HH\) prospective payment system \(PPS\).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on Jan. 13 published a proposed definition of ")meaningful use") of electronic health records \(EHRs\). This rule would be used to determine which hospitals are eligible for health information technology \(HIT\) incentive payments under…
The U.S. Census Bureau is required to count the nation's population every 10 years. In February, Census Bureau workers will contact health care facilities to ensure that some people living in certain hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and inpatient hospice facilities are accounted for…
On November 18, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid \(D-NV\) unveiled the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 \(H.R. 3590\), the merged product of the health reform bills from the Senate Finance and HELP committees. This advisory provides a detailed summary of key proposals affecting…
On Saturday, November 7, the House passed by a vote of 220 to 215 the Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009 \(H.R. 3962\). The bill, which reflects the outcome of the mark-up of three committees with jurisdiction over health care reform as well as negotiations conducted by the House…
On October 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) final rule for calendar year \(CY\) 2010.
The HHS recently released an interim final rule updating the enforcement rule for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 \(HIPAA\). These updates were necessitated by the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act \(HITECH\).
On September 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the end-stage renal disease \(ESRD\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule