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Plaintiffs' \(Alameda County Medical Center\) Response to Defendants' Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Support of Defendants' Cross-Mostion for Summary Judgment
Plaintiffs' \(Alameda County Medical Center\) Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendants' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment and in reply to defendants' opposition to plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment
On April 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\). The proposed rule is available on CMS' web site and will be published in the April 30 Federal Register. Comments…
Today, the fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facilities \(IRF\) was placed on display by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\). In addition to other changes, this proposal would implement several key provisions of the Medicare, Medicaid, and S…
Unique Union Election Ground Rules Undermined by Inter-Union Rivalry - On March 11, Catholic Healthcare Partners \(CHP\) was forced to withdraw petitions for union elections to be held under unique ground rules in nine hospitals, covering more than 8,500 employees in 47 units.
On April 7, the Internal Revenue Service \(IRS\) released draft instructions for theredesigned Form 990 released in December 2007. The final Form 990 contains a core form and 16 related schedules, including Schedule H-Hospitals, designated solely for taxexempt hospitals. Except for the required…
CMS today issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009
Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment in Alameda County Medical Center v. Leavitt
To date compliance requirements for hospitals and other healthcare facilities has not yet been promulgated by the NIMS Integration Center. A draft NIMS Compliance Expectations for Hospitals has been devised and is in the final stages of approval. Once approved over the next 45 days, the new NIMS…
Hospital care is the largest component of the health sector, which itself is a growing segment of the U.S. economy. In 2006, this sector represented about 16 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – a measure of economic output – or approximately $2.1 trillion.