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The AHA today took aim at coding guidelines for the inpatient rehabilitation facility鈥檚 鈥60% Rule鈥 presumptive compliance test and quality reporting provisions in comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposed IRF prospective payment system rule for鈥
Commenting on the fiscal year 2017 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, the AHA today encouraged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to fully consider refinements recommended by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission as it works to develop a new鈥
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week issued an interim plan for responding to locally acquired cases of Zika virus infection in the continental U.S. and Hawaii. As of June 15, only travel-associated cases have been reported in the continental U.S., including three鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule revising the Medicare payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests paid under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and implementing other changes required by section 216 of the Protecting Access to鈥
The AHA today voiced support for a number of provisions in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2017, but concern with the rule鈥檚 proposed documentation and coding reduction, changes to disproportionate鈥
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to rescind the 鈥25% Rule鈥 in its proposed rule for long-term care hospitals in fiscal year 2017, which may 鈥渞educe access and payment for the very patients who the Congress has deemed appropriate for LTCH-level鈥
Hospital representatives are invited to learn more about recent policy activities impacting the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program and review results from the AHA's latest RACTrac survey during a webinar June 28 at 2 p.m. ET.
The Supreme Court today said the False Claims Act is not 鈥渁n all-purpose antifraud statute鈥 or 鈥渁 vehicle for punishing garden-variety breaches of contract or regulatory violations.鈥 In a decision in Universal Health Services Inc. v. United States and Massachusetts ex鈥
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today urged the U.S. Department of Justice to block the proposed merger of Anthem and Cigna. "When it comes to the Anthem and Cigna merger, bigger is not better for California's consumers or the health insurance market," said Jones.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday released its June report to Congress, which annually looks at issues affecting the Medicare program and health care delivery and services.