Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed new rules to promote electronic health information exchange.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today published a proposed rule that would update 1992 proficiency testing and referral requirements.
As part of the February refresh of Hospital Compare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to update its hospital overall star ratings. In addition, we expect CMS will release the performance results from the fiscal year (FY) 2019 Hospital-acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Jan. 17 issued a proposed rule, which would implement the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2020. In the rule, CMS proposes the benefit and payment parameters for qualified health plan (QHP)鈥
On Dec. 21, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its final rule on the Medicare Shared Savings program (MSSP). The rule, called 鈥淧athways to Success,鈥 finalizes changes to the MSSP, including to the structure of payments made to accountable care organizations (ACOs) and other鈥
On January 11, the AHA held a webinar for members on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' December. 21, final rule that includes changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and to the structure of payments made to accountable care organizations and other aspects of participation in鈥
We鈥檙e 11 days into 2019 鈥 we鈥檝e returned to a divided government 鈥nd the partial government shutdown continues.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a rule finalizing changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including to the structure of payments made to accountable care organizations and other aspects of participation in the MSSP.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released answers to additional frequently asked questions on a fiscal year 2019 inpatient prospective payment system final rule provision requiring hospitals to publicly post their charges in a machine-readable format at least annually.
AHA today urged the United States Pharmacopeial Convention to delay by at least 18 months the effective dates for its general chapter <797> pharmaceutical compounding and general chapter <800> hazardous drug handling in health care settings, as well as proposed revisions to general鈥