Special Bulletin
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) sends members Special Bulletins on the latest health care news, legislation, and advocacy opportunities for hospitals and health systems.
The AHA today released its 2023 Health Care Workforce Scan 鈥 an annual snapshot of America鈥檚 hospital and health system employment, based on reports, studies and other data sources from leading organizations and researchers.
The AHA Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. ET will host a special webcast to provide hospital and health system leaders with insight on the election results and what they may mean for health care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 1 issued a final rule that updates the physician fee schedule (PFS) for calendar year (CY) 2023.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 1 posted its calendar year (CY) 2023 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) final rule. The rule increases OPPS rates by a net 3.8% in CY 2023 compared to 2022.
The AHA today released a number of new materials highlighting how some commercial health insurers, including those that sell Medicare Advantage plans, apply practices that can cause dangerous delays in care, result in undue burden on the health care workforce, and add billions of dollars in鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oct. 31 issued the calendar year (CY) 2023 final rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment systems (PPS).
This document outlines changes to CMS鈥 guidance on the vaccination of health care providers against COVID-19.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently issued new COVID-19 Public Assistance (PA) guidance for health care providers, which describes the methodology it will use to review medical billing costs as part of applications for FEMA reimbursement for certain costs associated with the鈥
The Department of Treasury this week finalized regulations that will enable more families to access health insurance subsidies on the Health Insurance Marketplace. The regulations eliminate the 鈥渇amily glitch鈥 that inaccurately assessed the affordability of coverage 鈥 and therefore eligibility for鈥
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia today ruled in favor of the AHA, holding that the Department of Health and Human Services must immediately halt the departments鈥 unlawful cuts to outpatient reimbursement rates for the remainder of 2022 for certain hospitals that鈥