Advisory
On July 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released two rules with major changes affecting ambulatory surgical centers \(ASCs\).
On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its final rule for the fiscal year \(FY\) 2008 hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\).
Last week, the House and Senate passed alternative bills that would reauthorize and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program \(SCHIP\), which is set to expire September 30.
On July 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for calendar year 2008.
On July 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) issued the proposed fiscal year 2008 physician fee schedule rule, which contained proposed changes to the physician self-referral, or ")Stark,") rule. In general, the proposed changes narrow the existing exceptions or address…
The Hospital Quality Alliance \(HQA\) has adopted, on a preliminary basis, 10 performance measures of hospital outpatient quality.
In the May 11 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) finalized changes to its direct graduate medical education \(DGME\) and indirect medical education \(IME\) payment policies related to the time residents spend in non-hospital settings, such as physician…
The Internal Revenue Service \(IRS\) recently released for public comment a completely redesigned Form 990, which includes a 10-page ")core") form and 15 specific schedules that tax-exempt organizations are required to complete, as applicable. The schedules include a new Schedule H to be completed…