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 Administration today released a final rule requiring hospitals to disclose payer-specific negotiated rates, along with a proposed rule that would impose new requirements on private insurers in the individual and group markets to publicly disclose negotiated rates and out-of-network allowed…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 12 released a comprehensive proposed rule addressing Medicaid fiscal accountability.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 1 released the calendar year 2020 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center payment system final rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) Nov. 1 issued a final rule that updates physician fee schedule payments for calendar year 2020.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 31 issued a final rule with comment period that updates the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2020. In accordance with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA of 2018), last year’s rulemaking finalized a…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday released two proposed rules that would modernize and make major changes to the physician self-referral (Stark) and federal anti-kickback statute (AKS) regulations.
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) today notified stakeholders that it is postponing the official effective dates of several new and revised standards pertaining to pharmaceutical handling until further notice while it reviews appeals to the standards.
House Democratic leaders today released the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, a bill that would make a series of changes to the Medicare program in an effort to lower the price of prescription drugs. If enacted, the bill would allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate directly…
A federal judge today ruled in favor of the AHA and hospital organizations saying that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services exceeded its statutory authority when it reduced payments for hospital outpatient services provided in off-campus provider-based departments grandfathered under…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Aug. 12 published a final rule that could limit legal immigrants’ future immigration status, such as ability to obtain a green card or become a citizen, based on their receipt of public benefits.