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On October 3, President Bush signed into law a large financial rescue package that included mental health parity legislation \(H.R. 1424\).
On October 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released two final regulations - the calendar year \(CY\) 2009 outpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) payment system final rule and the CY 2009 physician fee schedule final rule.…
Labor activity, trends & events: A look at workplace initiatives at the State-level
On August 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released a proposed rule to modify the medical data code set standards and adopt ICD-10-CM for coding of patient diagnoses and ICD-10-PCS for coding of hospital procedures.
Prsentation by Timothy Hill, CMSMedicare Recovery Audit Contractors \(RACs\) Program
On August 19, the Internal Revenue Service \(IRS\) released final instructionsfor the redesigned Form 990 and 16 related schedules, including Schedule H- Hospitals, designated solely for tax-exempt hospitals.