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Change Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Sustainability, Procurement

CMS Releases Final Rules for CY 2011 Hospital Outpatient/ASC Payment System, Physician Fee Schedule and Home Health Payment System

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.

Change Management, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Procurement

CMS Releases Proposed Rule for Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program

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.

Products and Services Contracting, Data Standards, Distribution, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Logistics

FDA Releases Proposed Rule on Unique Device System for Medical Devices

The FDA UDI ruling has finally arrived - the proposed rule has published. Please see the FDA website (www.fda.gov/udi) for a link to the proposed regulation. Highlights include a 120 day comment period to begin shortly, 6 months later a final ruling that will begin with Class III devices within 2 years, possibly sooner.

Below is the FDA press release:

Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Financial Management, Suppliers, Strategic Planning

Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) Resources for Supply Chain

The Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) is a consortium of healthcare supply chain executives united to re-engineer and advance the future of the healthcare supply chain. SMI has provided AHRMM with free supply chain industry resources. To access the resources, visit www.smisupplychain.com or click on the topic below. You will be prompted to register with SMI in order to access the free tools.