Advisory

AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.

On April 10, the CMS released a proposed rule that would apply certain requirements of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 to coverage offered by Medicaid managed care organizations, Medicaid alternative benefit plans and Childrens Health Insurance Program plans.
In a series of speeches the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justices Criminal Division announced that they are "stepping up" use of cases filed under the False Claims Act as a tool to investigate potential criminal activity.
On April 16, President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
This Quality Advisory summarizes the basic approaches of, and provides more resources to understand, the three report cards that will be released this spring Hospital Compare star ratings for the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) patient experience survey,…