CARES Act funding ‘terms and conditions’ raise concerns among hospital advocates
Advisers are warning hospitals that the terms and conditions of CARES Act assistance are vague, contradictory and need to be reviewed by legal counsel.
Details released on how much each provider will receive from $30 billion in CARES funding
Hospitals should have begun receiving CARES Act funding April 10, but the funds require accepting specific terms.
Hospitals seek legal cover amid their coronavirus responses
Hospitals are looking for more legal protections to help them improve their coronavirus care.
National emergency declared, with hospital provisions included, in response to the coronavirus
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, which will provide a range of funding and policies aimed at boosting hospital responsiveness to the spread of the coronavirus.
$7.8 billion coronavirus legislation includes hospital support
Congress is quickly advancing a coronavirus funding package that will address some hospital preparation priorities.
Information-sharing rule creates new hospital, health plan transparency requirements
Hospitals and health plans will face new patient data transparency requirements in as soon as six months under two new final rules from the federal government.
BESLER: Full-service Transfer DRG revenue recovery
BESLER talks about its Transfer DRG revenue recovery service that helps hospitals recover monies they have rightfully earned while maintaining compliance.
OPPS final rule keeps site-neutral payments and 340B cuts, leaves out transparency requirement
The Medicare OPPS final rule will continue 340B and site-neutral payment cuts but leaves out the requirement to post rates negotiated with health plans.
Provider alignment to get a boost under anti-kickback, Stark proposals: attorney
Provider initiatives to better align under value-based payment models would get a boost from proposed Stark and anti-kickback law enforcement changes.
EHRs, EDs and the latest on OPPS
Stephen Morgan of Virginia's Carilion Clinic shares how his organization used analytics to optimize its EHR. Also: Chad Mulvany shares early takes on the latest from CMS on OPPS, and in a sponsored segment, Florian Otto of Cedar talks about what healthcare can learn from other industries about patient-friendly payment.