Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
On April 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\). The proposed rule is available on CMS' web site and will be published in the April 30 Federal Register. Comments…
On April 7, the Internal Revenue Service \(IRS\) released draft instructions for theredesigned Form 990 released in December 2007. The final Form 990 contains a core form and 16 related schedules, including Schedule H-Hospitals, designated solely for taxexempt hospitals. Except for the required…
On March 28, information about patients' experience of hospital care from the HCAHPS survey will be shared publicly for the first time on the Hospital Quality Alliance's \(HQA\) Web site, Hospital Compare. Health care consumers highly value information about patients' perceptions of their hospital…
This member advisory highlights the types of inpatient claims that were targeted during the RAC demonstration and some strategies and tools your organization can implement to minimize the impact of future RAC audits.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published the long-term care hospital \(LTCH\) proposed rule for rate year \(RY\) 2009 in the January 29 Federal Register.
The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor \(RAC\) program is authorized by Congress to identify improper Medicare payments - both overpayments and underpayments. RACs are paid on a contingency fee basis, receiving a percentage of the improper payments they identify and collect.
The Internal Revenue Service \(IRS\) on December 20 released a final revised version of Form 990 and 16 related schedules. While there are many improvements to the Form and schedules from the June draft, hospitals will need to review these documents carefully to determine which of the schedules…
The Internal Revenue Service \(IRS\) on December 20 released a final revised version of Form 990 and 16 related schedules, including Schedule H, designated solely for taxexempt hospitals.