Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
AHA, hospital groups urge HHS to extend deadline for providers to use emergency relief funds and distribute remaining PRF resources promptly. The AHA and eight other hospital groups today urged the Department of Health and Human Services to extend the June 30 deadline for hospitals and other health…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week released a second final notice of benefit and payment parameters to implement standards governing health insurance issuers and marketplaces for 2022 that were not finalized in the Jan. 19 final rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a second final notice of benefit and payment parameters to implement standards governing health insurance issuers and marketplaces for 2022 that were not finalized in the Jan. 19 final rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 29 issued a rule finalizing changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, which bundles payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery. Under this model, hospitals in which a joint replacement…
On April 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2022 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS). Comments on the proposed rule are due to CMS by June 7. The final rule is expected around Aug. 1 and will take…
On April 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its fiscal year (FY) 2022 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS). Comments on the rule are due to CMS by June 7. The final rule is expected around Aug. 1 and will take…
The Food and Drug Administration today revoked its emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy bamlanivimab when administered alone.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 8 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2022 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS). The proposed rule would increase SNF payments by 1.3% in FY 2022, with varying updates for hospital-based…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 7 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2022 proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS). CMS will accept comments on this rule through June 7.
The Department of Health and Human Services through March 26 has reduced by more than 69% its backlog of Medicare appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level, according to a status report the agency provided Friday to a federal court.