Litigants request expedited appeal of 340B lawsuit
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and other litigants recently requested the federal appeals court to expedite the appeal to overturn a lower court’s ruling...
Trump submits $15B spending cuts package
President Donald Trump has requested $15 billion in budget cuts across 14 different agencies using a budget process known as rescission, which will go...
CMS launches new audit initiatives for Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Tuesday it plans to move forward with a series of wide-ranging transparency and accountability initiatives...
CMS Nursing Home 5 Star Freeze Update
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided LeadingAge with information that the 5-Star Health Inspection Rating freeze will be lifted soon and that...
Congress considers insurance market stabilization
Congressional leaders continue to discuss if they should stabilize Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance markets and the best way to do so. There are...
Congress continues to address the challenge of rising drug prices
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on strategies to reduce prescription drug costs and encourage innovation and competition in the market....
Key points provided for proposed rule for physician fee schedule
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule on the calendar year (CY) 2019 physician fee schedule. The...
Hospitals posting charges, OPPS/ASC final rule to be discussed during CMS forum
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will discuss highlights of the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment...
Proposed tariffs on Chinese goods likely to increase drug costs
The Trump administration is considering imposing a 25 percent tariff on goods imported from China, including a host of medical products. Items on the...
Hospitals can apply for FY 2019 EHR hardship exception
Inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that did not achieve meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR) under the...
