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CMS May 7 in the Federal Register published the skilled nursing facility \(SNF\) prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009. In addition to standard annual updates, the rule would implement a significant cut to offset payment increases resulting from a 2006 policy change…
The Joint Commission's Board of Commissioners on Friday agreed to suspend implementation of Standard MS 1.20, which addresses medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, and interaction between medical staff and hospital leadership.
Creating a Fair and Just Workplace - Recent media articles have focused on the disputes and union corporate organizing campaigns occurring in health care.
AHA Special Bulletin: May 23, 2008 regarding the Medicaid Moratorium
The Senate early this afternoon voted 75-22, a veto-proof margin, to approve a domestic spending amendment that includes two key hospital issues: the moratorium on seven Medicaid regulations, and a ban on self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals.
The Administration yesterday announced it will voluntarily extend for 60 days the current moratorium on Medicaid rules related to intergovernmental transfers \(IGT\), certified public expenditures \(CPE\) and graduate medical education \(GME\).
In a key victory for people who rely on Medicaid, and for the hospitals and other providers who take care of them, the House today voted to attach the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, H.R. 5613, to the Iraq supplemental spending bill.
Plaintiffs' \(Alameda County Medical Center\) Response to Defendants' Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Support of Defendants' Cross-Mostion for Summary Judgment