The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the hospital price transparency rule to help individuals know the cost of a hospital item or service before receiving it.
CMS proposed the price transparency rule in the...
HHS has requested a hold on its recent appeal of a Texas federal court ruling regarding the interim final rule on surprise billing, according to reporting from the American College of Emergency...
The Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to maintain certain aspects of the hospital merger...
Through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS has released the fifth round of Phase 4 COVID-19 Provider Relief Funds, which includes $1.75 billion for healthcare providers that...
New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood Health have terminated their hospital merger agreement after a federal appeals court blocked the deal from moving forward.
In March 2022, the...
HHS has renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency for an additional 90 days past the previous expiration date of April 16, 2022.
The extension will help hospitals and health systems manage ongoing...
CMS has released its proposed Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) rule for fiscal year 2023, which includes a reduction in Medicare payments for SNFs.
The proposed payment...
The Biden-Harris administration has announced a series of reforms that aim to alleviate medical debt burden and increase consumer protections for Americans.
One in three adults across the country has...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has penned a letter to Congressional leaders, asking once again for additional COVID-19 financial relief for hospitals and health systems.
The trade...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) have asked the US District Court for the District of Columbia to vacate the independent dispute resolution (IDR)...
CMS has issued a proposed Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) rule for FY 2023, which introduced an update to IPF Medicare payments and included comment requests on...
CMS has released its proposed Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) rule for FY 2023, which included an increase in IRF payment rates and updates on the IRF Quality...
CMS has introduced a proposed rule for fiscal year 2023 that includes an increase in hospice payments and an aggregate cap on negative wage index changes.
Under the rule, hospices would see a 2.7...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has asked the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to revise hospital merger guidelines to better account for the benefits...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and eight other hospital groups have urged HHS to renew the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), which is currently set to expire on April 15, 2022.
In a...
A federal appeals court has blocked the proposed hospital merger between New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood Health, stating that the merger would hurt competition and increase...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has urged Congress to provide hospitals and health systems with additional COVID-19 financial support, including more Provider Relief Funds and an extension on...
Through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS has announced another series of Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 payments totaling $413 million for healthcare providers that have been...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has expressed support for electronic prior authorization processes but urged the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to...
A federal jury has sided with Sutter Health in an antitrust class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs claimed that the health system drove up insurance premiums through anticompetitive tactics, Reuters...