Special Bulletin
The American Hospital Association (AHA) sends members Special Bulletins on the latest health care news, legislation, and advocacy opportunities for hospitals and health systems.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) late yesterday issued the final rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2023.
The AHA today released a new report highlighting numerous commercial health insurer policies that compromise patient safety and raise costs.
The AHA released section two of a three-part series that offers immediate and longer term strategies to help hospital and health system leaders navigate workforce challenges and opportunities.
The AHA today published a blog post responding to a July 25 Wall Street Journal article examining hospitals’ charity care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 15 released its calendar year (CY) 2023 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) proposed rule that would increase OPPS rates by a net 2.7% in CY 2023 compared to 2022.
The CMS and ASPE draft unified payment model for the four post-acute care (PAC) settings contains numerous fundamental flaws which render it unworkable for both patients and providers.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 7 issued a proposed rule that would update physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2023. The rule also includes proposals related to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Quality Payment Program (QPP), both of…
The CMS yesterday released a proposed rule seeking comment on potential Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for certain rural and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) seeking to convert from their current status to be designated as a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). In
The Supreme Court of the United States June 15 ruled unanimously in favor of the AHA and others, reversing a 2020 court of appeals decision upholding the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to significantly cut payments to certain hospitals that participate in the 340B…
We expect that today’s decision will have practical impacts on hospitals and health systems, including on health care provided across state lines, EMTALA obligations, maternal health care, the clinician-patient relationship, medical education and access to care for individuals regardless of…