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AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
Responding to public and congressional concerns about improper or undue influence that special interests and their hired lobbyists either appeared or were alleged to have had over high-ranking government officials, Congress in September adopted The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act.
The five-year anniversary of the Institute of Medicine \(IOM\)'s report To Err is Human is fast approaching. There was much media attention when IOM released this report on patient safety in 1999, with most of the headlines focusing on the nearly 98,000 people the report cited as having died…
On September 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) publishedrevisions to the Medicare wage index occupational mix survey that covers the period from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
The Internal Revenue Service \(IRS\) recently mailed to more than 200 tax-exemption organizations a questionnaire concerning post-issuance bond compliance and record retention practices.
Changes contained in the final fiscal year \(FY\) 2008 Medicare inpatientprospective payment system \(PPS\) rule released August 1 by the Centers forMedicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) will take effect on Monday, October 1.
On July 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released two rules with major changes affecting ambulatory surgical centers \(ASCs\).
On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its final rule for the fiscal year \(FY\) 2008 hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\).
Last week, the House and Senate passed alternative bills that would reauthorize and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program \(SCHIP\), which is set to expire September 30.
On July 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for calendar year 2008.
On July 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) issued the proposed fiscal year 2008 physician fee schedule rule, which contained proposed changes to the physician self-referral, or ")Stark,") rule. In general, the proposed changes narrow the existing exceptions or address…