Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration should not proceed with a potential rule for occupational exposure to infectious diseases in health care and other related work settings unless it has risk data to justify a new regulation, according to a final report submitted by an advisory…
AHA urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue an Interim Final Rule (IFR) with comment period requiring that qualified health plans (QHPs) offered through the Health Insurance Marketplaces accept third-party premium and cost-sharing payments from hospitals, hospital-…
We support FDA’s efforts to improve the safety and efficacy of POC BGMS used for hospitalized patients. However, we are concerned that, as written, the draft guidance would have serious unintended consequences for patients and hospitals, including placing patients at unnecessary risk.