Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule to update the payment rates for inpatient psychiatric facilities for fiscal year 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its long-term care hospital prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2019.
AHA today urged the departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services not to finalize a proposed rule that would allow short-term, limited-duration health plans to provide coverage for up to 364 days, eliminating the current three-month limit.
The Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies today proposed delaying the general compliance date for 2018 requirements under the Common Rule to Jan. 21, 2019, which would give covered entities six additional months to implement the requirements.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is appealing a federal court decision that barred the agency from enforcing in Missouri a 2017 final rule and earlier guidance.
The CMS on April 6 finalized a rule that will update the Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs for contract year 2019.
A federal district court judge in Alabama yesterday ruled that the Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations named in multi-district antitrust litigation in that court must defend under a strict per se standard of review the geographic and output restrictions in the “exclusive service area” and “…
CMS anticipates MA plans and Part D sponsors will see an average revenue increase of 3.4%, excluding an expected 3.1% increase in risk scores.