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CMS Releases Inpatient PPS Final Rule for FY 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept. 2 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2021.
Special Bulletin
Member

CMS Releases Long-term Care Hospital Final Rule for FY 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued its final rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment systems for fiscal year 2021.
News

CMS issues LTCH PPS final rule for FY 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule for the long-term care hospital prospective payment system for fiscal year 2021. Under the rule, net payments for LTCHs will decrease by 1.1% (-$40 million) relative to FY 2020 payments.
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CMS issues hospital IPPS final rule for FY 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule that will increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.9% in fiscal year 2021, compared to FY 2020, for hospitals that are meaningful users of electronic health records and submit quality measure data.
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AHA Statement on FY 2021 Final IPPS Rule

Statement on the FY 2021 final IPPS rule from AHA Senior Vice President for Public Policy Analysis and Development Ashley Thompson.
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Rogers Behavioral Health Case Study: Addiction recovery via telehealth during COVID-19

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AHA Releases Resources That Hospitals and Health Systems Can Use to Encourage Voter Registration

As part of AHA’s We Care, We Vote initiative, the association is releasing a new toolkit with resources that hospital and health system leaders can use to encourage their employees to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election. 
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Appeals court asked to reconsider payment cut for off-campus outpatient departments

The AHA, joined by the Association of American Medical Colleges and several member hospitals, asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rehear a July 17 decision by a three-judge panel that upheld the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to reduce payments for hospital outpatient services furnished in off-campus provider-based departments grandfathered under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
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FDA loosens restrictions on remdesivir

The Food and Drug Administration further expanded the authorized use of remdesivir for treating COVID-19 patients, the agency announced. Now, remdesivir can be used for all admitted COVID-19 patients, confirmed or suspected, whether on oxygen, off oxygen or intubated.