HHS is walking back a change it made to Provider Relief Fund reporting rules in September after hospitals and lawmakers warned the change could result in some providers having to return...
HHS recently announced new Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding for healthcare providers, including an expanded group of behavioral health providers.
According to the announcement, HHS will begin...
HHS recently released an updated guidance document on reporting requirements for healthcare organizations that received COVID-19 relief payments of $10,000 or more.
The document released on the HHS...
Children’s hospitals are finally getting a piece of the coronavirus relief fund pie.
HHS recently announced that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has begun distributing...
Lawmakers are focused on addressing surprise billing through federal legislation, but providers do not want the next coronavirus stimulus package to prohibit the practice that can cost patients...
HHS recently extended the national public health emergency declared for the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby extending COVID-19 payment and regulatory flexibilities granted during the period.
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HHS recently shared additional information on Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements for healthcare organizations that received financial support under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...
Hospitals in COVID-19 hot spots will receive another $10 billion in coronavirus relief funds starting this week, HHS recently announced.
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The latest Medicare appeals backlog status report, acquired by the American Hospital Association (AHA), shows a 43 percent reduction in the number of pending appeals at the Administrative Law Judge...
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at HHS expects to return over $1.5 billion to the federal government from healthcare fraud schemes investigated during the first half of the fiscal year,...
Medicaid providers and safety-net hospitals are getting a larger slice of coronavirus relief funds after several calls from industry leaders for HHS to allocate more emergency payments to the...
Providers need to take action by today to be eligible for additional coronavirus relief payments, HHS warned on its website.
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HHS is distributing $22 billion in payments to hospitals with large numbers of COVID-19 inpatient admissions and rural providers, according to a recent announcement.
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HHS recently announced its plans for distributing the rest of the $100 billion provider relief fund from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, including $10 billion to...
HHS is starting to distribute the more than $100 billion in emergency funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, according to a recent announcement.
The announcement...
Patients should be able to know the prices of services before they receive care, HHS stated in response to a lawsuit challenging the department’s most recent hospital price transparency...
The national disparity between gross charges for hospital procedures is substantial, at an average of 297 percent difference between the lowest and highest gross charge for each individual procedure,...
Weaknesses in HRSA oversight of the 340B drug pricing program may result in some hospitals receiving discounts when they are not eligible to participate, a new report from The Government Accountability...
The Trump administration announced on Monday that it has picked Brad Smith to serve as director of the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI), where he will oversee the development and testing of value-based...
Hospitals are fed up with CMS’ plan to survey 340B hospitals to obtain drug acquisition cost data for drugs covered under the program. In a letter to CMS, 340B Health recently asked CMS to...
