CMS Updates: Medicare Enrollment and Coverage Changes, CY 2023 Final Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule updating Medicare enrollment and eligibility rules to strengthen coverage...
REMINDER: AHA post-election wrap-up
What do Tuesday's election results mean for hospitals?
Please make plans to join AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and...
Why Rural Hospitals May Be Hit Hard by the Convergence of COVID-19 and Flu...
For rural hospitals already struggling with COVID-19 hospitalizations, the flu season can present the perfect storm. Double impact of...
Biden Administration Launches Nationwide Test-to-Treat Initiative
As part of President Biden’s National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan to help America move forward safely, the Biden-Harris Administration is launching...
Medicare Shared Savings Program Saves Medicare More Than $1.6 Billion in 2021 and Continues...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Medicare Shared Savings Program, through its work with...
CMS to host forum on IMPACT Act and care coordination
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will conduct a special open door forum on September 28 at...
Rural Access to Hospice Act Introduced
The bipartisan Rural Access to Hospice Act (S. 1190/H.R. 2594) will fix a technical glitch to ensure seniors can...
American Rescue Plan Rural Payments
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) via the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is releasing...
FDA Expands Eligibility for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose to Children 5 through 11...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, authorizing...
CMS changes its policies on civil money penalties for nursing facilities
CMS issued a Survey and Certification memo regarding a revision of their policies and the analytic tool used to calculate CMPs. The changes go into effect July 17.
