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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced the participants for the Comprehensive ESRD Care Model, a new accountable care organization model for Medicare patients with end-stage renal disease.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) today urged Congress to move forward on mental health reform. At a National Journal event on improving access to mental health care and reducing incarceration, Sen. Murphy said momentum was building for reform, citing a scheduled markup of鈥
Charity care alone cannot measure a hospital鈥檚 value to its community, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack said today at a Brookings Institution roundtable on health care economics after implementation of the Affordable Care Act. He took part in a panel examining a proposed 鈥渢radable鈥
The AHA Oct. 7 urged Congress to pass the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act, S. 2102/H.R.2745, legislation that would standardize the merger review process so that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would be required to rely exclusively on the federal courts鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oct. 6 released a final rule for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs that modifies the reporting period in 2015 to a 90-day period aligned with the calendar year. The AHA welcomed the move.The rule also鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today released a final rule with comment period modifying the reporting period for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs in 2015 to a 90-day period to align with the calendar year. The rule also adds other鈥
Legislation to create a Medicare value-based purchasing program for post-acute care 鈥渋s too narrowly focused on cutting provider payment rather than promoting 鈥榲alue鈥,鈥 AHA said in a letter today to leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee. 鈥淎HA members are deeply engaged in efforts to provide鈥
The Senate Health, Labor, Education & Pensions Committee today held a hearing on the National Labor Relations Board鈥檚 joint employer decision. Under the August decision, two separate entities are considered 鈥渏oint employers鈥 of the same employees if they have any degree of indirect or鈥
In 2013, 54% of U.S. hospitals used most of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding recommended by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, a nearly two-fold increase since 2007, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host on Oct. 8 a Special Open Door Forum to discuss its upcoming 鈥渄ry run鈥 of provider performance reports for the all-cause unplanned 30-day readmissions measure for long-term care hospitals. The call will review the measure鈥