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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) yesterday released the rate year \(RY\) 2008 proposed rule for the long-term care hospital \(LTCH\) prospective payment system \(PPS\).
The Health Coverage Coalition for the Uninsured \(HCCU\), a diverse group of national organizations that includes the AHA, today announced a consensus proposal to cover a significant portion of the nation's nearly 47 million uninsured people.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released January 12 a proposed rule that would implement the Administration's plan to cut the Medicaid program through the regulatory process.
In the February 1 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\(CMS\) published proposed changes to its direct graduate medical education \(DGME\) and indirect medical education \(IME\) payment policies related to the amount of time residents can spend in non-hospital settings…
The negative consequences of uninsurance are far reaching, compromising children’s ability to go to school and affecting their future capacity to engage in society in a productive way
Community hospitals can play an important role in the broad continuum of care for individuals who have behavioral health conditions.
On February 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) publishedproposed revisions to the Medicare wage index occupational mix survey to beused from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
On January 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) issued its long-expected proposal to carry out some of the 2.2 billion in administrative savings submitted by the administration last February in its budget plan for fiscal year 2007.