Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
On July 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) proposed rule for calendar year 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published in the June 27 Federal Register a proposed rule changing the conditions of participation \(CoPs\) and payment provisions for rural health clinics \(RHCs\).
On July 15, Congress voted to override President Bush's veto of H.R. 6331, theMedicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. President Bushvetoed the legislation earlier that day, citing objections to provisions that wouldcut payments to Medicare Advantage plans, among other reasons.
The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor \(RAC\) program is authorized by Congress to identify improper Medicare payments - both overpayments and underpayments. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) recently reported that RACs collected 92.7 million in overpayments during the three…
On May 29, congressional officials released revised guidance on how the congressional ethics law, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 \(HLOGA\), affects the requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act \(LDA\). On
On July 17, the Hospital Compare Web site (www.HospitalCompare.hhs.gov) will be
updated to contain new and refreshed information on several conditions. For the first time,
30-day mortality data for pneumonia patients will be available and, for some hospitals, two
clinical measures on pediatric…
CMS issued in May three regulations on long-term care hospitals \(LTCH\). Two of the regulations are interim final rules implementing the LTCH provisions authorized by Congress in the Medicare, Medicaid, and S-CHIP Extension Act \(MMSEA\), enacted December 2007.
CMS on April 25 in the Federal Register published the inpatient rehabilitation facility \(IRF\) prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009. In addition to standard annual updates, the rule would implement the following IRF provisions authorized by Congress in the 2007…
CMS May 7 in the Federal Register published the skilled nursing facility \(SNF\) prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009. In addition to standard annual updates, the rule would implement a significant cut to offset payment increases resulting from a 2006 policy change…