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Health care spending growth continued to moderate in July, falling to 5.6% year-over-year, according to the latest Economic Indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending. Prescription drug prices rose 4.4%, continuing to far outpace any other health care category.…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated its ICD-10 end-to-end testing results to include participation rates by health care provider type. The volunteer participants represented a broad cross-section of provider, claim and submitter types. Nearly one-third of overall…
AHA will host a Sept. 23 webinar for members on Stratus Healthcare, a partnership of 16 health systems and 30 community hospitals in Georgia working to clinically integrate care and achieve cost savings while improving the health of the population and keeping health care local. The webinar begins…
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate has extended the deadline for its survey on hospital employee health and wellness programs to Sept. 30. The confidential survey was mailed last month to all hospital CEOs to identify best practices for promoting employee health.…
South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association President Linda Quick last week announced she will retire on Dec. 31 after 21 years of service to the association. “As I embark on the next phase of my life’s work, I am leaving the organization in superior condition and in good hands…
Testifying today at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack drew a sharp contrast between the realignment taking place in the hospital and health system field and the consolidation proposed in the health insurance industry.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed its progress toward meeting the IMPACT Act mandate to develop a prototype for a new unified payment system for post-acute care services provided by home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long…
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac survey. Hospitals participating in the second-quarter 2015 survey report appealing 49% of all RAC claim denials. Nearly 60% of claims reviewed in the second…
Ambulatory surgical centers may choose through Nov. 16 to have 2013 and 2014 data for five claims-based measures suppressed from the Hospital Compare website, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced this week, citing ASC concerns with implementing associated billing process…
Eligible professionals and group practices participating in the Physician Quality Reporting System who believe they were incorrectly assessed a negative payment adjustment for 2016 may ask CMS to review their adjustment determination through Nov. 9 by submitting an informal review request at the…