Medicare
AHA's comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 final rule with comment period on program integrity enhancements to the provider enrollment process. The agency indicates that this final rule is part of its ongoing effort to protect the Medicare program from improper behavior.
The AHA 鈥渟trongly supports efforts to reduce fraud and abuse in the Medicare program,鈥 but the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 final rule on program integrity enhancements to the provider enrollment process includes 鈥渙verly burdensome and unworkable provisions."
AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to release long-awaited guidance to help hospitals and health systems interpret Medicare鈥檚 conditions of participation, or develop alternative approaches to keep them informed and updated about compliance.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule that increases Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week released for comment a proposal that Medicare cover diagnostic laboratory tests that use Next Generation Sequencing for patients with a breast or ovarian cancer that may be inherited.
Members of the House and Senate Telehealth Caucus today introduced the CONNECT for Health Act, AHA-supported legislation that would expand access to telehealth for Medicare patients and remove barriers to its adoption and use by hospitals and other providers.
The AHA today submitted comments to House leaders on the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), legislation that would make a series of changes to the Medicare program in an effort to lower the price of prescription drugs.
The House Ways and Means Committee last night voted 24-17 to approve a revised version of the Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act.
A coalition of 15 health care organizations, including the AHA, today voiced support for the Rural ACO Improvement Act (S. 2648), legislation that would revise the benchmarking formula for the Medicare Shared Savings Program to ensure participating accountable care organizations have an equal鈥
The Medicare for America Act could force one-third of American workers off employer-sponsored health insurance, according to a study by KNG Health Consulting prepared for the Partnership for America鈥檚 Health Care Future.