Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the agency’s strategy to promote high-quality health care for all rural Americans, address the unique economics of providing rural health care, and bring a rural focus to CMS health care delivery and payment reforms.
The Department of Health and Human Services today proposed delaying to July 1, 2019 the effective date of its final rule on 340B drug ceiling prices and civil monetary penalties for manufacturers.
The undersigned groups thank the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for the opportunity to comment on its proposed rule regarding controlled substances quotas. Although we support DEA’s efforts to combat diversion, we are concerned that the proposed rule is focused on diversion to the exclusion…
We concur with the DEA that setting quotas for the production of opioid medications can be an effective step in “preventing the accumulation of controlled substances in amounts exceeding legitimate need,” and therefore reduce the chance that these powerful medications will be diverted for non-…
The National Fire Protection Association has published NFPA 3000: Standards for an Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response (ASHER) Program. The new standard provides communities with a tool to develop a coordinated response to community active shooter and hostile events.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today released two factsheets to help health care providers and others apply the 42 CFR Part 2 regulations on…
AHA today asked the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service to issue guidance to help tax-exempt hospitals and health systems comply with certain provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
The CMS April 27 issued proposed rules for the inpatient rehabilitation facility and skilled-nursing facility prospective payment systems for fiscal year 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued proposed rules for inpatient rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility and hospice payments for fiscal year 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule to update the payment rates for inpatient psychiatric facilities for fiscal year 2019.