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This Special Fraud Alert focuses on the specific attributes and practices of PODs that OIG believes produce substantial fraud and abuse risk and pose dangers to patient safety.

AHRMM comments to the FDA regarding an amendment to the UDI proposed rule to address the UDI implementation time frame required by the 2012 Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA).

A sample of medical transcription services request for proposal.

An overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' three final rules for calendar year 2011 the outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center rule, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule and the Home Health PPS rule.

How to write a constructive, information-rich comment that clearly communicates and supports its claims to have an impact on regulatory decision making.

The medical device excise tax is a feature of the Affordable Care Act. It is important to be knowledgeable about the tax and its effects.

Please see a sample of a Reprocessing Single Use Devices (SUD), RFP below - you will find this short document and the Reprocessing Narrative Evaulation example covers all the basics, and you can tailor it to your needs.  

Managing contract pricing more effectively—from creation to renewal or expiration—can deliver real operational and financial benefits for healthcare organizations. Yet because of its complexity, contract price management may be one of the most underutilized tools for maximizing cost savings in healthcare. Disparate information technology (IT) systems that do not share information and lack of widespread adoption of industry data standards for product and organizational/location identification all contribute to this complexity.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a VBP program to pay hospitals for their actual performance on quality measures, rather than just the reporting of those measures, beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2013. The VBP program will apply to all acute-care prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals. Read a summary of key provisions of the proposed rule.

In 2001 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published

This learning lab covers alarm safety management in the health care supply chain field.

AHRMM’s Issues & Legislative Committee issued the following Statement on Pricing Transparency approved by AHRMM Board of Directors:

Medical Surgical Supply Distribution Request for Proposal.

A sample of an office supplies RFP covering all the basics. Download the document and tailor it to your needs.

AHRMM Career Center offers a variety of resources, including career counseling, job search assistance, resume and cover letter review, and networking opportunities.

AHRMM Publications such as Supply Chain Strategies & Solutions, provide up-to-date information on the latest health care supply chain news.

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AHRMM Education and Professional DevelopmentI want to obtain or renew the Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP) credential. Refer to AHRMM's CMRP Certification page for more information and helpful resources on CMRP.

Have questions on education, certification, conference, the CQO Movement and more? Check out some of AHRMM's frequently asked questions to help you…

The page provides information about the AHRMM Board, Committee and Fellow Frequently Asked Questions.