Seventy members of the House of Representatives today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to waive fee-for-service regulations, such as the 25% Rule for long-term care hospitals,
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ interim final rule changing the eligibility criteria for Health Insurance Marketplace special enrollment periods strikes “the appropria
About 200 physician practices, including hospital-based practices, and 17 commercial insurers will begin participating July 1 in an alternative payment model for fee-for-service Medicare beneficiar
The Food and Drug Administration has created an Oncology Center of Excellence to coordinate and speed regulatory review of cancer drugs, biologics and medical devices as part of the administration&
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration this month welcomed as its new executive director Catherine Carruth, a certified association executive with more than
Reducing Medicare reimbursement to critical access hospitals would have “a significant and detrimental impact” not only on these hospitals, but on their patients and communities, AHA
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response highlights “best and promising” hospital cybersecurity practices in its latest TRACI
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will begin developing a Zika virus vaccine at its Center for Innovation in Advance
Hospitals, critical access hospitals and eligible professionals who did not achieve meaningful use in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for the 2015 reporting period can apply
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand its proposed definition of advanced alternative payment models for the physician quality payment program.
A federal district court in Texas today ordered the Department of Labor to halt all implementation of the “persuader” reporting rule on a nationwide basis.
Medicare accountable care organizations are associated with modest reductions in spending and use of hospitals and emergency departments, according to a