The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed potential Medicare policy responses to consolidation and integration in the health care market, ranging from expanding site-neutral payment
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a proposed rule that
More than 15.7 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Aug.
The Connecticut Hospital Association and hospitals in the state yesterday appealed a recent state administrative decision rejecting their legal challenge to the state’s hospital tax, asking t
In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, the AHA and Institute for Diversity in Health Management will host a Nov. 8 webinar on the unique health challenges faced by Native Americans.
Discovering that people treated for gunshot wounds in your hospital are 21 times more likely to get shot again and wind up back in the hospital is a disturbing statistic.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its final rule fo
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 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.