Advocacy & Policy

October 31 the AAMC and other associations submitted an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, the case of House v. Burwell, which was filed by the U.S.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 1 released the Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambul

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 2 released the calendar year (CY) 2017 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule that updates payment ra

Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Mark Warner, D-Va., co-chairs

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) October 11 released the fourth in a series of five reports focused on accounting for socio r

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) October 14 published a final rule with comment period on the Medicare Access CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACR

Reps. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) and Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) introduced the Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (H.R. 6088), bipartisan legislation that w

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) September 16 published a final rule on Emergency Preparedness Requirements for providers participating in M

The AAMC Sept. 14 submitted a comment letter on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Treatment of Third Party Payers in Calculating Uncompensat

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) Sept. 15 met to discuss Medicaid disproportional share hospital (DSH) policy, as well as possible r