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In OPPS rule, CMS increases payment rates by 3.1%, modifies price transparency rules

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 2 issued a final rule that increases Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 3.1% in calendar year 2024 compared to 2023. This includes a 3.3% market basket update, offset by a 0.2% cut for productivity.
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Hospital associations and hospitals file lawsuit challenging federal rule that ties providers’ hands in efforts to reach communities

The AHA, joined by the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources, and United Regional Health Care System, Nov. 2 sued the federal government to bar enforcement of an unlawful, harmful and counterproductive rule that has upended hospitals’ and health systems’ ability to share health care information with the communities they serve, analyze their own websites to enhance accessibility, and improve public health. 
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AHA Statement on Final 340B Remedy

Following years of litigation and a unanimous Supreme Court win, the AHA is very pleased that 340B hospitals finally will be reimbursed in full for what HHS unlawfully withheld from them for five years.
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Net Impact of Payer Denial Tactics on Hospitals

Join us as we discuss the range of tactics payers are using against providers and how we’ve partnered with hundreds of hospitals throughout the country to develop strategic programs and data-driven initiatives across the clinical revenue cycle (e.g., utilization management, documentation/coding, managed care/contracting, back-end revenue cycle functions) to combat these tactics.
H-ISAC: White Reports
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H-ISAC TLP Green Finished Intelligence Report Guidance for Addressing Cisco IOS XE Web UI Vulnerabilities

On November 01, 2023, CISA released Guidance for Addressing Cisco IOS XE Web UI Vulnerabilities.

Case Complaint: AHA, THA, THR, United Health Care System v. Rainer

The American Hospital Association and the Texas Hospital Association (Associations), along with Texas Health Resources and United Regional Health Care System (Hospitals), bring this action because the federal government is threatening to enforce against hospitals and health systems a new rule that is flawed as a matter of law, deficient as a matter of administrative process, and harmful as a matter of policy.
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Hospital Associations and Hospitals File Lawsuit Challenging Federal Rule That Ties Providers’ Hands

The American Hospital Association (AHA), joined by the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources, and United Regional Health Care System, today sued the federal government to bar enforcement of an unlawful, harmful, and counterproductive rule that has upended hospitals’ and health systems’ ability to share health care information with the communities they serve, analyze their own websites to enhance accessibility, and improve public health.
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Hospital Associations and Hospitals File Lawsuit Challenging Federal Rule That Ties Providers’ Hands

The American Hospital Association (AHA), joined by the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources, and United Regional Health Care System, today sued the federal government to bar enforcement of an unlawful, harmful, and counterproductive rule that has upended hospitals’ and health systems’ ability to share health care information with the communities they serve, analyze their own websites to enhance accessibility, and improve public health.

Case Explainer: American Hospital Association v. Rainer

American Hospital Association (AHA) v. Rainer concerns a new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that severely restricts hospitals’ ability to rely on common third-party technologies that they use to analyze their websites and communicate reliable, accurate health information to the communities they serve.
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Myth vs. Fact: HHS-OCR Online Tracking Rule

A list of Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR)’s claims about third-party technologies and its Bulletin, along with the realities of how these technologies function and how the new rule was issued.