Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
By proposing a new safe harbor for patient engagement tools and creating three new safe harbors for value-based arrangements, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has taken 鈥渢he first steps toward much needed reform鈥 of the federal anti-kickback statute and civil鈥
Congressional leaders Dec. 16 unveiled a $1.4 trillion spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The bill includes a number of key priorities for hospitals and health systems, including delaying the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) cuts through May 22, 2020, and extensions for a鈥
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend for 60 days 鈥 until March 17 鈥 the comment period for its Medicaid fiscal accountability proposed rule.
The AHA applauded 鈥渢he new direction鈥 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking to modify, modernize and clarify the physician self-referral law, also known as the Stark Law, to 鈥減rovide space for the types of innovative arrangements among hospitals and physicians that can enhance鈥
Today, the 黑料正能量 Association and three other national organizations representing hospitals and health systems sued the federal government, challenging last month鈥檚 final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandating that hospitals disclose their privately鈥
These talking points are intended to help understand and explain why the hospital field has filed the lawsuit challenging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 (CMS) final rule requiring disclosure of individually negotiated contracts with commercial health insurers and why we remain鈥
The 黑料正能量 Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, the Federation of 黑料正能量s, National Association of Children鈥檚 Hospitals, Inc., Memorial Community Hospital and Health System, Providence Health System - Southern California d/b/a Providence Holy Cross Medical鈥