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...             Final Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Rule Released           The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) late last week released the final rule for the Affordable Care Act's key health care delivery reform -- Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).  ACOs are groups of providers and hospitals that agree to come together to ... that the proposed rule released in March made it too difficult for physicians and hospitals to participate in the program, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) simplified the regulation by eliminating penalties and reducing administrative requirements. The rule could spur ...

Federal Update   Senate Committee Finalizes Health Funding Bill   The Senate Appropriations Committee completed its work last night on its 2012 fiscal year (FY 2012) Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS) appropriations bill. Four Affordable Care Act (ACA) related amendments were offered. The first, and most significant, would have suspended implementation of the law, prohibited the use ...

Federal Update   Senate Committee Finalizes Health Funding Bill   The Senate Appropriations Committee completed its work last night on its 2012 fiscal year (FY 2012) Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS) appropriations bill. Four Affordable Care Act (ACA) related amendments were offered. The first, and most significant, would have suspended implementation of the law, prohibited the use ...

... Prevention and Public Health Fund Lobby Day   Today, more than 40 leading groups from the public health community, including ACS CAN, are on Capitol Hill participating in more than 70 meetings with members of Congress to remind them of the importance of the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The Prevention and Public Health Fund was established under the Affordable Care Act and set an unprecedented investment to promote a healthy nation. This year, the Prevention Fund allocated $1 billion to communities in ...