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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rescinded interpretive guidance it issued last fall pertaining to the ordering of rehabilitation and respiratory care services under the hospital Conditions of Participation and issued new guidance enabling hospital outpatient departments to…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the November 4, 2011 Federal Register published the calendar year 2012 final rule for the home health prospective payment system (PPS).
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Hospitals repeatedly have expressed concern that the Medicare Area Wage Index (AWI) is greatly flawed in many respects. Members of Congress, Medicare officials and other policymakers also have voiced concerns with the present system.
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OSHA Identifies Health Care Susceptible to Workplace Violence
On July 8, 2011, the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services published an interim final rule (IFR) regarding the adoption of operating rules for two transaction standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center final rule for calendar year 2012.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on November 15 announced a new Part A to Part B Rebilling Demonstration Project, and the agency will begin accepting hospital applications today at 2 p.m. Eastern Time at the email addresses listed on page two this advisory.
Building a Firm Foundation: How PACE Enabled Palmetto Health to Develop Their ACO