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On behalf of our approximately 5,000 hospitals and health system members, the American Hospital Association (AHA) requests immediate clarification of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) expectations regarding the actions hospitals must take to appropriately guard against…
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury today proposed new rules related to how employers may use health reimbursement arrangements to provide health coverage to employees.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Treasury Department October 22, issued updated guidance for states seeking a Section 1332 waiver of certain Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements.
The current behavioral health system is not fully meeting the needs of patients in New Jersey, where more than 240,000 adults live with a severe mental illness and a growing number of adults require treatment for substance use disorder. To address these challenges, five health systems have joined…
The Trickbot banking trojan targeted online banking credentials to target US institutions using static and dynamic Web injects for financial gain, since July 2017.
One hundred thirty-eight members of the House of Representatives Oct. 18 expressed concern with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposal to expand certain site-neutral payment policies to grandfathered off-campus hospital provider-based departments in calendar year 2019.
Reps. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) are asking their House colleagues to sign on to a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider proposals to cut payments for evaluation and management…
This TrendWatch report highlights the progress that hospitals and health systems have made in improving quality, the challenges that remain, and how policymakers can think strategically to align QI, measures and CoP policies.
October 10, 2018
Behavioral health update newsletter for October 2018