Medicare
Since 1997, several key pieces of legislation have resulted in the creation and modification of the critical access hospital (CAH) program.
The AHA is working with CMS to provide hospitals with information on Medicare Part D, the new prescription drug coverage program. Enrollment begins Nov. 15, 2005, and coverage takes effect Jan. 1, 2006.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published in the May 4 Federal Register a proposed rule with changes to the fiscal year \(FY\) 2006 hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\). In addition to providing an inflationary payment increase for inpatient hospital…
AHA 2005 Annual Meeting Paper on Medicare
AHA 2005 Annual Meeting Paper Coordinating Care for the Chronically Ill
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published in the Nov. 15 Federal Register the final rule for the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) for calendar year 2005. The final rule includes statutory changes that resulted from the Medicare Modernization…
Medicare continues to struggle to create payment mechanisms that provide the right balance of incentives to ensure an appropriate level of access to new technology for beneficiaries while managing overall program costs.
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) reduces spending across a broad range of government programs. In response to a groundswell of provider concern, Congress and the President enacted the Medicare Balanced Budget Refinement Act (BBRA) in 1999.
With demographic changes projected to drive up expenditures and the predicted insolvency of the Medicare trust fund, policymakers are looking to the private sector for ideas.
Medicare is the primary payer for most hospital-based post-acute providers. The number of Medicare patients receiving post-acute care has increased and those receiving post-acute services are receiving more intensive care.