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The media organization Kaiser Health News has contacted some hospitals and health systems as part of a survey on financial assistance and billing and collections policies. The project is being produced in partnership with NPR and will be featured online and on radio sometime later this year.…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 7 issued its physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2023.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 15 released its calendar year (CY) 2023 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) proposed rule that would increase OPPS rates by a net 2.7% in CY 2023 compared to CY 2022.
On June 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its calendar year (CY) 2023 proposed rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS).
This month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will refresh the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings (Overall Star Rating) on its Care Compare website, the second update since the agency overhauled the methodology in 2020. This year’s refresh will incorporate data from 2021…
The FBI, jointly with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of the Treasury, today issued a public cybersecurity advisory warning of the North Korean government’s current use of the “Maui” ransomware platform to conduct disruptive ransomware attacks against…
Another major federal price transparency requirement went into effect July 1, 2022. There are three major federal price transparency policies: Hospital Price Transparency rule; Transparency in Coverage rule; and No Surprises Act.
The transparency in coverage rule takes effect July 1, imposing new transparency requirements on most group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage in the individual and group markets. Beginning next month most health plans must disclose publicly in machine-readable files all in-…
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf reported
yesterday in a call with AHA and other stakeholders that progress has been made in
addressing the shortage of infant formula.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 18 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2023 proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS).