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 \(CMS\) yesterday released the inpatient prospective payment system \(IPPS\) final rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009. The policies and payment rates included in this rule become effective October 1.
Thanks once again to your advocacy, 210 members of the House are on record as opposing the capital indirect medical education \(IME\) cut. A letter sponsored by Representatives Jim Marshall \(D-GA\) and Peter King \(R-NY\) was sent to CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems earlier this week
Thanks to your advocacy, more than half of the Senate has put itself on the record as opposing the capital indirect medical education \(IME\) cut. The attached letter, sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer \(D-NY\), Arlen Specter \(R-PA\) and Hillary Clinton \(D-NY\), includes 51 signatures and…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on July 3 released the outpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) and the ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2009. Highlights of the rule follow.
Where we stand as Congress goes into recess.
Late yesterday House Democratic and Republican leaders and the White House came to an agreement on an Iraq war spending bill.
The Joint Commission's Board of Commissioners on Friday agreed to suspend implementation of Standard MS 1.20, which addresses medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, and interaction between medical staff and hospital leadership.
AHA Special Bulletin: May 23, 2008 regarding the Medicaid Moratorium
The Senate early this afternoon voted 75-22, a veto-proof margin, to approve a domestic spending amendment that includes two key hospital issues: the moratorium on seven Medicaid regulations, and a ban on self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals.