News

Medicare Includes Serious Hematologic Diseases in Definition of Chronic Conditions for Special Needs Plans (November 20, 2008)

ASH Provides Summary and Analysis of 2009 Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule (November 13, 2008)

Medicare Establishes a New Hemophilia Clotting Factor and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code (November 20, 2008)

ASH Provides Summary and Analysis of 2009 Final Outpatient Prospective Payment System Regulations (November 13, 2008)

Medicare Provides Guidance to Healthcare Professionals on New E-prescribing Initiative (October 23, 2008)

ASH Comments on Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Changes (August 28, 2008)

Summary of the Proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Regulations for CY 2009 (CMS- 1404-P) (July 17, 2008)

Information Regarding New 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Payment Rates Effective for Dates of Service July 1, 2008, Through December 30, 2008 (July 16, 2008)

Testimony and Correspondence

ASH Comments Regarding the Special Needs Plan for Chronic Conditions (October 8, 2008)

ASH Comment Letter to CMS Regarding Potential National Coverage Decision Topics (September 25, 2008)

ASH Comments: NCA Tracking Sheet for Pharmacogenomic Testing for Warfarin Response (September 3, 2008)

ASH Letter Regarding Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (August 27, 2008)

ASH Comments Regarding the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (August 20, 2008)

ASH Comments on Proposed Physician Compare Web site (July 10, 2008)

ASH Comment Letter on the 2009 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Regulations (June 12, 2008)

Policy Statements

ASH Policy Statement in Support of Fair Physician Reimbursement

MedLearn/CMS Announcements

Medicare Clarifies Clinical Trials Policy (October 10, 2008)