Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 2 issued a final rule that updates physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2022.
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed to withdraw a rule finalized in January that requires the agency to periodically assess each regulation to determine whether it has a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, and if so review the regulation to…
The AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct the necessary oversight and enforcement of the No Surprises Act to ensure patients benefit from these new protections and to prevent widespread, negative consequences of any misapplication of the policy.
The AHA, joined by the Federation of American Hospitals, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Kentucky Hospital Association, Ohio Hospital Association and Tennessee Hospital Association urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and rectify a 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that will…
Health care providers registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration must use the new single-sheet form to order schedule I and II controlled substances, effective Oct. 30, the agency announced.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 21 other organizations, including the AHA, urged Congress to maintain the current legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions.
In a new blog, Kurt Hoppe, M.D., faculty member of the Mayo Clinic and member of the AHA’s Post-acute Steering Committee, explains the importance of post-acute care providers in the nation’s COVID-19 response and recovery, as well as the newest updates to the post-acute care payment model plan — of…
The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management (“the departments”) Sept. 10 released proposed rules implementing certain provisions of the No Surprises Act related to enforcement, air ambulance transparency, and agent and broker…
Commenting today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ physician fee schedule rule for calendar year 2022, the AHA expressed appreciation for the agency’s proposals that support care delivery and patient outcomes by extending the timeline for certain programs and continuing others…
As strongly advocated by the AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it is rescinding prior audit denials for hospitals that had failed to qualify for the “mid-build exception” so that it can review the determinations.