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The Department of Health & Human Services today released a proposed rule that would make changes to the procedures for Administrative Law Judge appeals of payment and coverage determinations for items and services provided to Medicare beneficiaries, in addition to other Medicare appeals.
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 told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today.
The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed payment demonstration for Medicare Part B drugs. Patrick Conway, M.D., CMS acting principal deputy administrator, said the agency is reviewing comments on the proposed rule…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response highlights “best and promising” hospital cybersecurity practices in its latest TRACIE newsletter and webinar on the issue.
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 Advanced Development and Manufacturing in Baltimore, the agency announced yesterday.
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 through July 1 for a hardship exception from the 2017 payment adjustment. CAHs that have already…
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. “We urge CMS to expand its definition of financial risk to include the investment risk borne by providers…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2017, which, after all policy changes, would reduce home health payments by 1.0% from 2016 payment levels. CMS proposes a 2.8% market-basket update…
House Republicans, led by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Friday released a broad outline of their proposed changes to corporate and individual tax laws. The proposal contains no direct commentary on issues such as municipal or hospital bonds, or the current-law tax-…
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. “Because the scope of the irreparable injury is national, and because the DOL’s New Rule is facially invalid, the…