HEROES Act
​On May 15, the United Stated House of Representatives passed the latest round of emergency funding for the COVID-19...
CMS Issues FFY 2021 LTCH PPS Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS)...
CMS Releases FFY 2021 IPPS Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021 inpatient prospective payment...
Price Transparency Litigation Update
May 7 was the first step in the legal fight between the American Hospital Association (AHA) and Health and...
CMS is Delaying the Release of Updated Versions of MDS
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted an update on May 8, 2020 announcing the delayed release...
CMS Publishes Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments By State and Provider Detail
The CMS Accelerated and Advance Payment (AAP) Program was designed to increase cash flow to Medicare providers and suppliers...
Bipartisan Policy Center Releases April 2020 Report
Rural hospitals are at risk of closure. Profit margins are too thin to sustain this crisis and immediate legislative...
Federal Funding Update
Rural Provider Allocation-The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released additional funding for providers, specifically targeted at...
National Hospital Week-Health ​Comes First
National Hospital Week 2020, is May 10-16th. National Hospital Week highlights the efforts of ​every hospital, health system and healthcare professional involved...
AHA Report: Nation’s hospitals losing about $50B a month fighting pandemic
In a new report, the American Hospital Association (AHA) estimates that the financial impact to hospitals and health systems...
