Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released a proposed rule that would revise certain requirements for long-term care facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 10 issued a proposed rule that would establish a new alternative payment model (APM) for radiation oncology (RO) services delivered to Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries. The RO model would test whether prospective, bundled…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) July 10 announced five new CMMI payment models aimed at transforming kidney care so that patients with chronic kidney disease have access to high-quality, coordinated care. The proposed End-…
The Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to delay implementing its final rule concerning certain statutory conscience rights in health care, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced Friday.
The AHA today submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ fiscal year 2020 proposed rule for the long-term care hospital prospective payment system.
The AHA today commended the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for issuing proposed guidance to clarify ligature risk requirements and urged the agency to consider additional clarifying language.
AHA's comment on HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s proposed rule on interoperability, information blocking and the ONC Health IT Certification Program. 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) multifaceted proposed rule to promote electronic health information.
The Department of Health and Human Services aims to release proposed rules amending the physician self-referral (Stark law) regulations and safe-harbors under the anti-kickback statute by July.