News

Latest

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 1 revised its site-neutral payment policy for off-campus provider-based hospital outpatient departments (HOPD).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule updating
In today’s outpatient prospective payment system final rule, the Centers for Medicare &am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted the final incentive payment adjustment factors for the fiscal year 2017 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, which are being used t
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released frequently asked questi
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration yesterday awarded up to $49 million over
Ending the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing subsidies would harm patients’ finances and health, trigger a “death spiral” in the health insurance exchanges, and force hospi
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the final rule for t
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today awarded $25.5 million in
The Health Resources and Services Administration will make $39 million available to health centers in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the U.S.
Hospitalizations for prescription opioid poisonings increased 165% among children and adolescents between 1997 and 2012, to 3.7 per 100,000, according to a study published
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative today released a web-based resource, www.aha.org/hospitalsagainstviolence, to help hospitals and health
Hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations can register starting today to host an intern as part of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management’s
The AHA last week urged Congress to act on several critical hospital and health system priorities when it returns after the elections.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will post details on its new hospital appeals settlement process in early November, and answer questions about the process during a Nov.
A federal interagency task force yesterday issued a final re
Patient-related risk factors appear to be the primary driver of readmissions in hospitals serving a higher proportion of minority patients, according to a study published
The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association today announced they will offer co-branded accreditation servi