Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
On Feb. 24, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began implementing new 鈥減ublic charge鈥 rules for certain immigrants seeking to obtain lawful permanent residence (a green card) in the U.S. Several lawsuits challenging the rule are working through the courts. However, the new rules are鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 20 issued a rule proposing changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, which bundles payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery.
President Trump today submitted to Congress his budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The budget request, which is not binding, proposes hundreds of billions of dollars in reductions to Medicare and Medicaid over 10 years.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Feb. 5 issued a proposed rule and the second part of the Advanced Notice, which would make policy and technical changes to the Medicare Part C and D programs, including the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit鈥
The CMS Jan. 31 issued a proposed rule that would implement the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces (or 鈥渆xchanges鈥) for 2021.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Jan. 30 released new Medicaid guidance to states that would enable them to apply for 1115 waiver authority to receive a defined amount of federal funding to cover services for certain healthy adults.
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposed regulation related to Medicaid program financing and supplemental payments.
AHA comments to CMS on the transparency in coverage proposed rule. The AHA appreciates the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services鈥 (collectively, the departments) effort to increase the availability of useful information for patients, specifically, the proposal to improve鈥
The Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (collectively, the departments) propose to require health plans to provide their enrollees individualized information on their expected cost-sharing liability for a health care event, as well as other important information about鈥
The AHA commented on the Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 draft guidance for industry and FDA staff on clinical decision support software as part of the agency鈥檚 efforts to implement Section 3060(a) of the 21st Century Cures Act.