Medicare
AHA expressed support for legislation that would permanently extend the enforcement moratorium on direct supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services provided in critical access hospitals and small, rural hospitals.
On March 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published proposed rules that would promote patient access to health information in Medicare, Medicaid, the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program (CHIP),鈥
The 黑料正能量 Association urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use its upcoming proposed rules for IRFs and other post-acute care providers to address several issues related to the implementation of the revised case-mix grouping policies.
Bipartisan bills were recently introduced in both chambers of Congress to help alleviate the critical shortage of physicians. The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348/H.R. 1763) would add 3,000 Medicare-funded residency slots each fiscal year for the next five years, at least鈥
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Friday released its March report to Congress.
In the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 2019 physician fee schedule final rule, the agency made an important change to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule that will require many hospitals to report private payer rates for clinical laboratory services covered under the CLFS.
Policymakers have noted an upward shift in the intensity of services provided to fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare beneficiaries in hospital emergency departments (EDs), as reflected in the level of evaluation and management (E/M) visits coded. This report examines a number of factors contributing to鈥
As our country works to expand health coverage and improve access to care, 鈥淢edicare for All鈥 is getting a lot of attention. There are many different flavors so it鈥檚 worth diving a little deeper into what 鈥淢edicare for All鈥 really means. A new report released on Tuesday shows exactly what one鈥
Legislative proposals for a Medicare public option could negatively affect patient access to care and significantly reduce payments to hospitals, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels said during a panel discussion today at America鈥檚 Health Insurance Plans鈥 National Health Policy Conference in鈥
The AHA released new tools to help the field prepare for appropriate use criteria reporting requirements that will start to go into effect on a voluntary basis this year and become mandatory in 2021.