Medicare
Fewer than 1% of rural Medicare beneficiaries received a telemedicine visit in 2013, according to a study reported this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The average number of telemedicine visits for the 41,070 rural beneficiaries who did was 2.6, for a total of 107,955鈥
CMS published its fiscal year (FY) 2017 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) and long-term care prospective payment systems on April 18. Major provisions are described in this advisory.
Adding a spending per beneficiary measure to the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program in 2015 while decreasing the weight of the quality measures allowed some lower quality hospitals to receive bonuses, according to study published this week in Health Affairs. 鈥淗igh-quality low-spending鈥
Congress must move forward with 鈥渂old solutions鈥 to protect Medicare for today鈥檚 seniors and preserve the program for future generations, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today told hospital leaders at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Congress must move forward with 鈥渂old solutions鈥 to protect Medicare for today鈥檚 seniors and preserve the program for future generations, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today told hospital leaders at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C.
This year鈥檚 wildly unpredictable presidential campaign and a truncated legislative calendar has Congress less active and more cautious than usual, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels told AHA members today at the 2016 Annual Membership Meeting. Congressional leaders are looking ahead to 2017鈥
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The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to suspend the pain-related questions in the Value-Based Purchasing Program while the agency works to address concerns the questions may inadvertently contribute to the opioid epidemic. The three questions are part of the Hospital鈥
CMS late yesterday issued a proposed rule implementing key provisions of the new physician payment system required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
As a strong advocate for the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, the AHA believes the new physician payment programs reflect the transformation happening in health care that hospitals and health systems have already embraced.