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Tom Nickels, AHA executive vice president of government relations and public policy, was joined by Kameron Matthews, M.D., acting deputy undersecretary for health for community care, Veterans Health Administration, to discuss VA鈥檚 efforts to improve claims processing for the Patient-Centered鈥
Cyber actors targeted US critical infrastructure using a malicious attachment leveraging the 鈥渟hellshock鈥 vulnerability based on historical and current investigative analysis.
The FBI has observed an increase in cybercriminal actors using widespread tactics to gain access to companies鈥 employee payroll data. In 2017, the FBI and IC3 identified approximately 17 cases. As of July 2018, the FBI and IC3 have identified approximately 47 payroll鈥
Webinar held Aug. 14, 2018
Regulatory Advisory
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aug. 9 issued a rule proposing changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and provisions relating to Medicare payments to providers of services and suppliers participating in accountable care organizations (ACOs) under the MSSP.
On July 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its CY 2019 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center proposed rule. In addition to standard updates, the rule would substantially expand Medicare site-neutral payment policies in several areas and make鈥
Comparison between CY 2019 OPPS proposed rule and CY 2018 relative weights and payment rates at the APC level, using CMS鈥檚 Addendum A
This excel spreadsheet compares relative weights and payment rates at the APC level, using the CY 2019 OPPS proposed rule Addendum A compared to CY 2018鈥
On July 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update physician fee schedule payments for calendar year 2019. The rule also included several proposals to the quality payment program created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. AHA鈥檚鈥