Regulatory and Accounting Resources

Compilation of various resources pertaining to important regulations published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), IRS, FASB, and other regulatory agencies that impact the healthcare industry.

OPPS APC/HCPCS Lookup Tool

HFMA presents a spreadsheet allowing the user to pull-up basic descriptive and payment information for OPPS APC/HCPS codes.

Posted: October 1, 2024

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Comparison of Proposed 2025 OPPS Addendum B with July 2024 Addendum B

HFMA presents a spreadsheet comparing relative weights and payment rates at the HCPCS level, using proposed rule Addendum B compared to 2024 Addendum B.

Posted: September 19, 2024

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Comparison of Proposed 2025 OPPS Addendum A with July 2024 Addendum A

HFMA presents a spreadsheet comparing relative weights and payment rates at the APC level, using the 2025 proposed rule Addendum A, compared to 2024 Addendum A.

Posted: September 19, 2024

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All Regulatory and Accounting Resources

Fact Sheets

HFMA members can access all of our regulatory fact sheets, summaries, presentations, and tools published since 2011.

Principles & Practices Board Guidance

The P & P Board works with the AICPA, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Government Accounting Standards Board to address the unique financial reporting needs of healthcare organizations.

Comment Letters to Regulatory Agencies

Access all of our comment letters issued since 2012.

Community Benefit & Transparency Tools

HFMA compiled these resources for hospitals and health systems to assist with complying with the requirement to list standard charges online and to explain the procedures around charity care.

On-Demand Education on Healthcare Finance Regulations

This list of resources includes documents and insights on the ACA, physician relationships, readmissions, charity care, bundled payment and other related payment reform topics.

Healthcare’s First Cost Accounting Adoption Model

HFMA and Strata are introducing the L7 Cost Accounting Adoption Model to help healthcare providers access accurate cost data via the use of advacned cost accounting.