Category Archives: transparency
Joint Statement from National Hospitals Associations on Proposed CY 2020 OPPS Rule
July 30, 2019 | FAH Policy Blog Team
Category: Transparency
“Hospitals and health systems want to ensure that patients have access to information they need to choose their health care, including their out-of-pocket obligations.”
FAH Comments on HHS Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices
July 17, 2018 | FAH Policy Blog Team
Category: Pharmaceuticals, Transparency
The Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) sent a letter Monday to HHS Secretary Alex Azar commenting on the agency’s recently released Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs.
FAH Submits Comments to CMS on Proposed FY2019 IPPS & LTCH Payment Rule
June 25, 2018 | FAH Policy Blog Team
Category: Financing, HIT, Medicaid, Medicare, Quality, Rural, Transparency
Today, the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) FY 2019 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule. The FAH’s comments were highlighted by responses to CMS’s proposals on Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, payments for new and costly CAR T-Cell therapy, CMS’s quality and payment reporting programs, interoperability, long-term care hospital policies, and price transparency.
FAH Leader Supportive of IPPS Proposed Rule
April 25, 2018 | Chip Kahn
Category: Financing, Medicare, Transparency
The newly released IPPS Proposed Rule goes a long way to putting patients first.
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