Ambulatory and Outpatient Care
The American Hospital Association (AHA) shares resources on proposed and final rules related to ambulatory and outpatient care with hospitals and health systems.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a proposed rule to reduce health care provider regulatory burden associated with certain Medicare and Medicaid Conditions of Participation and Conditions for Coverage.
AHA Special Bulletin that highlights the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' calendar year 2019 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center proposed rule.
The AHA Friday expressed concern with certain policy options discussed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission at its November meeting. “We are primarily concerned about MedPAC’s potential recommendations regarding site-neutral payments to hospital-based off-campus [emergency departments] in…
The House of Representatives yesterday passed by unanimous consent the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medicines Act (H.R. 304). The AHA-supported legislation clarifies that medications governed by the Controlled Substances Act may be administered by emergency medical services practitioners…
On July 13, the CMS released two proposed rules for calendar year 2018: the outpatient prospective payment system /ambulatory surgical center proposed rule and the Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule.
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Statement on 21st Century Cures
Tom Nickels
Executive Vice President
Government Relations and Public Policy
American Hospital Association
Direct Supervision of Hospital Outpatient Therapeutic Services CAH Perspective and Concerns