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.
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.
The Administration yesterday announced it will voluntarily extend for 60 days the current moratorium on Medicaid rules related to intergovernmental transfers \(IGT\), certified public expenditures \(CPE\) and graduate medical education \(GME\).
In a key victory for people who rely on Medicaid, and for the hospitals and other providers who take care of them, the House today voted to attach the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, H.R. 5613, to the Iraq supplemental spending bill.
Today, the fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facilities \(IRF\) was placed on display by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\). In addition to other changes, this proposal would implement several key provisions of the Medicare, Medicaid, and S…
CMS today issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009
President Bush today in his fiscal year 2008 federal budget proposed cutting 5.8 billion over the next five years from Medicare and 5.7 billion from Medicaid. A detailed breakdown of the impact on the Medicare and Medicaid programs is available on the AHA.org web site.