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AHA's comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 fiscal year 2020 proposed rule on the SNF prospective payment system.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Friday issued its June report to Congress, which includes several recommendations approved by the panel during its January and March meetings.
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 fiscal year 2020 proposed rule for the IRF prospective payment system.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week announced changes to the timeline for state surveyors to investigate in hospitals or critical access hospitals complaints specific to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act or to deaths associated with restraint or seclusion.
An analysis by Monica Noether and Ben Stearns of Charles River Associates of White, Chapin and Christopher Whaley, 鈥淧rices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans Are High Relative to Medicare and Vary Widely: Findings from an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative鈥.
AHA recommends CMS actions to reduce burden of clinical documentation.
The U.S. Supreme Court today affirmed a D.C. Circuit Court decision that the Department of Health and Human Services violated the Medicare Act when it changed Medicare鈥檚 reimbursement adjustment formula for disproportionate share hospitals without providing notice and opportunity to comment.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued a final rule updating Medicare and Medicaid requirements for the more than 100 Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly in 31 states, the first major update since 2006.
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., along with Ranking Members Kevin Brady, R-Texas, and Greg Walden, R-Ore., yesterday announced that they are seeking comments on draft legislation to reform and improve the鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released proposed guidelines around hospital co-location arrangements. The draft guidance seeks to clarify how CMS and state surveyors will evaluate co-location arrangements for compliance with the Medicare conditions of participation.