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HSS seeks public input on improving HIPAA rules
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Dec. 12 released a request for information (RFI) focusing on...
SDAHO prepares guidance for posting hospital charges
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and subsequent guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in fiscal...
Hospital and CAH swing-bed manual revisions
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made change request revisions to the swing-bed manual that clarify policies related...
HHS seeks to implement final rule on 340B drug ceiling prices, civil monetary penalties
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed to implement, effective Jan. 1, 2019, its final rule addressing...
Physician fee schedule rule finalized for 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 1 issued the physician fee schedule final rule for...
Hospitals add 8,200 jobs in August
Employment at hospitals in the United States rose by 8,200 jobs in August as compared to July, the Bureau...
CMS invites hospital leaders to discuss Hospital Star Rating
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is inviting hospital leaders to seven listening sessions between now and...
CMS to provide hospital-specific reports for preview
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will provide confidential, hospital-specific reports on two disparity methods that assess...
CMS postpones hospital star ratings update
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) earlier this week announced that the overall hospital quality star ratings...
#HAVhope: Hospitals band together to end violence
Violence has become one of the major public health and safety issues throughout the country. Within the walls of...