Community Health Funding Report

Regulatory Update

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Final Medicaid Payment Rules Coming

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finished work on final rules creating a standardized process for states to follow as part of their broader efforts to "assure that Medicaid payments are consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough pro...

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Guidelines Coming for Home Health Payments

  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finished work on final rules concerning “Face-to-Face Requirements for Home Health Services.”   The rules revise the Medicaid home health service definition as required by the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to add a requirem...

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Medicare Savings Rules Coming Soon

  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finished work on final rules under the Medicare Shared Savings Program that establish waivers of the application for the Physician Self-Referral Law, the federal anti-kickback statute, plus certain civil monetary penalties, to specified fina...

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EHR Payment Rules Coming

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service finishes work on Stage 3 final rules, which outline the meaningful use criteria that eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet in order to qualify for Medicare and/or Medicaid electronic health record (EHR...

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Grant Guidelines for Health Disparities Research Funds

The National Institutes of Health issues rules governing the awarding of National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) endowment grants.   Funds go to Centers of Excellence, usually located at institutions of higher education, related medical facilities or research enti...

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HRSA Moves to Revise 340(b) Drug Program

The Health Resources and Services Administration issued a major overhaul of guidelines for the 340(b) drug pricing program.

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EPA Rules Address Health Provider Disposal of Drugs

The Environmental Protection Agency has developed proposed rules designed to address the issues of disposing of pharmaceuticals that qualify as hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act when discarded.

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HHS Continues Efforts to Improve Health IT

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is seeking applications to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) and the Health Information Technology Standards Committee (HITSC).

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Rules Add Flexibility, Promote Healthcare

The Administration for Children and Families issues proposed rules that would provide additional flexibility participants in state and tribal Automated Child Welfare Information Systems.

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Guidelines Help Prevent Disability Discrimination in Child Welfare

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice issued joint technical assistance to state and local child welfare agencies and courts on the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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