Hall Render Health Care Reform RSS Feed http://www.hallrender.com/hcr/ Hall Render Health Care Reform RSS Feed http://www.hallrender.com/hcr/ http://www.hallrender.com/site/img/hcr/hcr_banner.jpg Final Rule: Medicare Program; Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-02/pdf/2011-27461.pdf Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Proposed Rule for Exchange Functions in the Individual Market: Eligibility Determinations; Exchange Standards for Employers http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=HHS-OS-2011-0024-0001 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Final Rule for Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and FY 2012 Rates; Hospitals' FTE Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=CMS-2011-0053-0001 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Proposed Rule: Medicare Program; Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Measurement http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480e4018a&disposition=attachment&contentType=html Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Proposed Rule: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment; 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