The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 5 published a list of participants for the Transforming Episode Accountability Model. TEAM is a mandatory payment model that will bundle payment to acute care hospitals for five types of surgical episodes. The AHA June 10 urged CMS to make the model voluntary, however the mandatory model was finalized in the CY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched a new initiative to help recruit and retain nurses in nursing homes, the agency announced Oct. 23…
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The AHA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 21 on its preliminary calendar year 2027 Medicare clinical laboratory fee…
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine should deny motions by several drug companies and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America to…
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In this conversation, Amy Lee, president and chief operating officer at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, shares how telehealth is transforming patient care on the…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that the submission period opened Oct. 16 for petitions to deny the recertification of five…
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The AHA today voiced support () for the 340B Rebate Model Delay Act (H.R. 10770)in a letter to the bill’s House sponsors. The bipartisan bill would pause the…