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E&C Chairmen Seek Information on CMS Oversight of Hospital Accreditors

Republican leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee last week asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and four hospital accrediting organizations to provide certain information about the hospital survey process and CMS oversight of the organizations by March 23.

CMS issues final rule revising CoPs for long-term care facilities

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued a final rule representing the firs

CMS issues information on implementing emergency preparedness rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued

CMS issues guidance on emergency preparedness rule enforcement

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued

House committee passes bills to extend CHIP funding, reduce EHR burden

The House Energy and Commerce Committee last night voted 28-23 along party lines to approve

Medical specialties board releases certification report

More than 880,000 physicians were certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties in 2017, about 20,000 more than in 2016, according to the board’s latest

Joint Commission updates emergency management standards

The Joint Commission last week

HHS announces pilot project on optimizing administrative simplification standards

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking health plan and clearinghouse volunteers to participate in an HHS Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act administrative simplific

Senate bill introduced to remove 96-hour certification requirement for CAHs

Sens. Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Jon Tester (D-MT) today introduced a Senate companion to the Critical Access Hospital Relief Act (S. 258/H.R.

Study: Minimum-distance requirements could harm CAHs, rural communities

Requiring critical access hospitals that are less than 15 miles from another hospital to revert to the hospital prospective payment system would generate modest savings for Medicare but likely be d