Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
AHA letter to CMS regarding their attention to improving health plan prior authorization processes through appropriate standardization.
A federal judge in New York today voided the Department of Health and Human Services鈥 2019 final rule concerning certain statutory conscience rights in health care on lack of statutory authority and constitutional grounds.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule that increases Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released its home health prospective payment system final rule with comment period for calendar year 2020.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Nov. 14 call for clinical diagnostic laboratories, including hospital outreach laboratories, on reporting data for the Clinical Diagnostic Test Payment System in 2020.
AHA today voiced support for several proposed changes to the federal regulation governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder patients鈥 records that would reduce the burden and delay associated with accessing certain recovery services and add declared disasters to the list of exceptions.
The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a final rule rescinding the standard unique health plan identifier and other entity identifier.
By removing outdated barriers to teamwork, hospitals and doctors will be able to advance health in America.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept. 30 published a final rule to modify the discharge planning process requirements for hospitals and certain post-acute care providers. The final rule is effective Nov. 29.
President Trump today issued an executive order calling for policies 鈥渢o protect and improve the Medicare program by enhancing its fiscal sustainability through alternative payment methodologies that link payment to value, increase choice, and lower regulatory burdens imposed upon providers.鈥