Headline
The latest stories from AHA Today.
Medicare will cover annual lung-cancer screening with Low Dose Computed Tomography for Medicare beneficiaries who meet certain criteria, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday.
Employment at the nation's hospitals increased by 0.2% in January to a seasonally adjusted 4,824,000 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 9,600 more people than in December and 56,200 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
A Tennessee legislative committee yesterday rejected an alternative to Medicaid expansion proposed by Gov. Bill Haslam. The Insure Tennessee proposal, supported by the Tennessee Hospital Association, would provide health coverage to more than 200,000 uninsured adults earning less than 138% of the…
Feb. 28 is the last day physicians and other eligible professionals can attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for calendar year 2014 under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. The attestation system is open and includes the 2014 certified EHR technology flexibility rule options.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers have recently introduced a spate of AHA-backed legislation that supports small and rural prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAH). Securing passage of the legislation is part of the AHA’s advocacy agenda. The rural…
AHA-supported legislation introduced late yesterday in the House and Senate would permanently extend add-on payments for ambulance services in rural areas, which are set to expire March 31. The Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act (S. 377/H.R. 745) was introduced by Sens.…
A group of organizations, including The US Oncology Network owned by McKesson, is urging Congress to enact site-neutral payment policies for services performed in hospital outpatient departments. The Alliance for Site-Neutral Payment Reform wants Medicare to pay HOPDs the same rates as physician…
AHA today recommended specific changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program to encourage accountable care organizations to invest in the infrastructure necessary to successfully take on risk.
A recent cyber attack against health insurer Anthem’s information technology system serves as a potent reminder to hospitals and other health care organizations of the importance of ongoing initiatives to prevent and protect against cybersecurity risks. Cyber attackers gained access to…
Nearly 7.5 million consumers selected or were re-enrolled in a health plan through HealthCare.gov between Nov. 15 and Jan. 30, according to preliminary data released yesterday by the Department of Health and Human Services. Almost 180,000 people signed up last week. The update includes data…