Medicare
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…
AHA Comments on FTC and DOJ Proposed Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Re: Accountable Care Organizations.
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…
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 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 \(ACOs\).
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 \(ACOs\).
As more rural Americans gain access to health coverage through Medicaid and the commercial markets, rural hospitals will experience greater patient demand that may strain already limited staff and capital resources.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) recently took steps to operationalize the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record \(EHR\) incentive programs. The incentive programs provide bonus payments to certain physicians and hospitals for the adoption and ")meaningful use") of…
HHS Federally Qualified Health Center Fact Sheet - April 2009
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).