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This Regulatory Advisory examines CMS' May 4 proposed rule to revise the Medicare and Medicaid Conditions of Participation \(CoP\) to require hospitals of all types to offer all inpatients and outpatients an annual influenza vaccination unless vaccination is medically contraindicated or the patient…
ICD-10 implementation timeline chart
Briefing on ICD-10 Implementation for Post Acute Care Providers
Through HFMA's Value Project, health care finance leaders are joining their clinical partners to shape this transformation. The Value Project is being guided by 17 leading hospitals and health systems, that serve as the project's steering committee and research sponsors. Most of the items…
On April 29, the CMS released a final regulation for the new hospital value-based purchasing \(VBP\) program. The final rule, which affects inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) hospitals was published in the May 6 Federal Register. Major provisions of the rule are described in this advisory…
On April 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) issued its inpatient psychiatric facility \(IPF\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) final rule for rate year \(RY\) 2012.
Hospital and CAH Medicare and Medicaid CoP: Final Rule on Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging
This Regulatory Advisory provides a summary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) final rule revising the conditions of participation \(CoPs\) for hospitals and critical access hospitals \(CAHs\) regarding the credentialing and privileging for physicians and practitioners…
On April 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) issued its hospital inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for federal fiscal year \(FY\) 2012.
On March 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the much-anticipated proposed regulation for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which encourages the voluntary formation of accountable care organizations \(ACOs\).