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Union Organizing in Hospitals: A Preliminary Look at AHA Survey DataIn April 2007, the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association \(AHA\) began to formally collectdata from member hospitals about union organizing.
President Bush today in his fiscal year 2008 federal budget proposed cutting 5.8 billion over the next five years from Medicare and 5.7 billion from Medicaid. A detailed breakdown of the impact on the Medicare and Medicaid programs is available on the AHA.org web site.
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…
The AHA and other hospital organizations today asked a federal court to prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from implementing a regulation that would restrict how states fund their Medicaid programs and pay public hospitals
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.
President Bush today unveiled a fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 federal budget proposal that would cut an unprecedented 82 billion from Medicare over the next five years, and 7 billion from Medicaid.
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.
Health Care Labor Report: Labor activity, trends & eventsFuture Scenarios for U.S. Labor RelationsJanuary 2008