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Senate Passes AHA-supported Legislation Repealing Antitrust Exemption for Health Insurers
The Senate passed by voice vote the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (H.R. 1418/S. 350), AHA-supported legislation that repeals the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption available to commercial health insurers for anticompetitive conduct.
HHS Finalizes Changes to Information-sharing Requirements for Addiction Treatment
The HHS Office for Civil Rights and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Feb. 8 finalized modifications of certain provisions of part 2 of title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, commonly known as 42 CFR Part 2 (or Part 2), to align requirements for patient records regarding treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) with those in effect under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule.
Hospital Associations and Hospitals File Lawsuit Challenging Federal Rule That Ties Providers’ Hands
The American Hospital Association (AHA), joined by the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources, and United Regional Health Care System, today sued the federal government to bar enforcement of an unlawful, harmful, and counterproductive rule that has upended hospitals’ and health systems’ ability to share health care information with the communities they serve, analyze their own websites to enhance accessibility, and improve public health.
CMS Issues Updated Guidance on Ligature Risk and Assessment in Hospitals
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 17 issued updated
EPA Proposes New Standards for Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilization Facilities
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 11 proposed new standards for commercial sterilization facilities and certain health care organizations that use ethylene oxide (EtO). This Special Bulletin reviews the highlights of these proposals and provides additional background and insight on the issue and potential impact for hospitals and health systems.
HHS Proposes Overhaul of Information-Sharing Requirements for Addiction Treatment
In this proposed rule, HHS seeks to revise, delete, replace or add regulatory language to the Part 2 regulations to align them with those under HIPAA, as well as to improve clarity or readability. The agency notes that it will issue a separate rule on CARES Act provisions related to antidiscrimination prohibitions.
AHA Says Wall Street Journal Article on Hospitals’ Charity Care is ‘Shortsighted'
The AHA today published a blog post responding to a July 25 Wall Street Journal article examining hospitals’ charity care.
CMS Proposes Conditions of Participation for Rural Emergency Hospitals, Updates for Critical Access Hospitals
The CMS yesterday released a proposed rule seeking comment on potential Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for certain rural and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) seeking to convert from their current status to be designated as a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). In
CMS Issues Final Hospital Co-Location Guidance
Summary of CMS’ final revised guidance on hospitals’ co-location agreements
Updated AHA Guidance on Hospital Price Transparency Rule That Took Effect Jan. 1
The Hospital Price Transparency rule has been in effect since Jan. 1, 2021, requiring hospitals to disclose all of their privately negotiated rates with health plans, in addition to self-pay and chargemaster rates. Hospitals are also required to provide an online patient cost estimator tool or negotiated rate information for at least 300 “shoppable” services.