Medicare
AHA expresses concerned about some MA plans’ inappropriate restrictions on beneficiary access to medically necessary care, including those highlighted in a recent report issued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG),
Medicare-enrolled physician group practices may apply through Sept. 30 to participate in a voluntary oncology care model beginning next July for five years.
The AHA in a letter today to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator expressed support for the agency’s proposed updates to Medicare enrollment and eligibility rules.
AHA letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, Brooks-LaSure, expressing support for CMS’ continued focus on strengthening health insurance coverage and ensuring ease of enrollment and limited gaps in coverage, including proposed updates to Medicare enrollment and…
Commenting today on the proposed rule for the inpatient prospective payment system for fiscal year 2023, AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adjust the market basket update to account for the unprecedented inflationary environment hospitals and health systems are…
COVID-19 hospitalization rates are about 50% higher for adults eligible for Medicare because of a disability than for other adults enrolled in Medicare.
AHA today urged Congress to stop additional Medicare sequester cuts to hospitals scheduled to take effect July 1.
AHA urges Congress to act now to prevent additional Medicare sequester cuts to hospitals scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2022.
AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to reduce Medicare payments for skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2023.
Throughout the pandemic — which is still very much ongoing as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to increase — hospitals and health systems have battled many formidable obstacles to continue to treat patients and deliver life-saving care to all who come through their doors.