Special Bulletin
The American Hospital Association (AHA) sends members Special Bulletins on the latest health care news, legislation, and advocacy opportunities for hospitals and health systems.
The AHA today released a new report highlighting the variety of causes that resulted in 136 rural hospital closures from 2010 to 2021, and a record 19 closures in 2020 alone.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule on Aug. 31, 2022 designed to streamline the eligibility and enrollment process for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury (Departments) on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 issued final regulations pertaining to several provisions of the No Surprises Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will assume responsibility for the collection of hospital COVID-19 data, beginning in mid-December 2022.
The Senate yesterday voted 51-50 to approve the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376), a roughly $700 billion social spending package that includes health care, climate change and tax provisions.
The AHA today made a series of filings in district court to ensure that 340B hospitals are promptly repaid and that the rest of the hospital field is not penalized for the agency’s unlawful policy.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) August 1 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday issued its fiscal year (FY) 2023 final rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS).
In addition to the annual payment update required by law, the rule finalized a substantial behavioral offset that CMS states is intended to ensure the budget neutral implementation of the new PDPM case-mix system.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) late yesterday issued the final rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2023.