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Advisory
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, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Sustainability, Procurement
Advisory
Medical Device Tax Next Steps
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.
Products and Services Contracting, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Suppliers, Procurement
Letter/Comment
The Official Comment of AHRMM to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding Unique Device Identification for Medical Devices Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0090
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).
Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Suppliers, Leadership
Advisory
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.
Change Management, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Procurement
Request for Proposals (RFP)
CT Scanner RFP
A sample of a CT scanner RFP covering all the basics. Download the document and tailor it to your needs.
Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Products and Services Contracting, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Medical Device Technology
Magazine & Journal Articles
A Broader Focus for Tomorrow's MMs
AHRMM's Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) Movement will provide training and education to help supply chain professionals make the correlation between cost, quality, and outcomes.
Data Standards, Financial Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Strategic Planning
Advisory
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:
Products and Services Contracting, Data Standards, Distribution, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Logistics
Advisory
New Guidance on Humidity Levels in the Operating Room
New Guidance on Humidity Levels in the Operating Room
Data Standards, Financial Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Medical Device Technology
Advisory
Final Regulations on Taxable Medical Devices
The final regulations that provide guidance on the excise tax imposed on the sale of certain medical devices, enacted by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 in conjunction with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Products and Services Contracting, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Suppliers, Procurement
Letter/Comment
Recent Guidance on Meaningful Use of EHRs Makes Compliance More Difficult
Recent Guidance on Meaningful Use of EHRs Makes Compliance More Difficult.
Change Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Performance Metrics