Special Bulletin
The American Hospital Association (AHA) sends members Special Bulletins on the latest health care news, legislation, and advocacy opportunities for hospitals and health systems.
The AHA today submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare…
President Obama on Saturday during his weekly address to the nation announced he will seek nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars in additional cuts from Medicare and Medicaid payments to hospitals to help finance health care reform.
In fulfillment of the hospital field's May 11 commitment to the Obama Administration to develop concrete ideas to reduce the rate of growth in health care spending, the AHA and five other national health care organizations today submitted a letter outling cost containment actions to the White House.
Health organizations meet with President Obama regarding health reform.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) late Friday issued its hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2010.
The 2010 budget outline released by the White House today includes several measures affecting hospitals.
The tentative agreement on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act \(H.R. 1\), which could go to both chambers for a vote tomorrow, provides an estimated 89 billion. Actual language is being written, but, based on information provided to us, the following provisions appear to be included
As we reported last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on February 6 announced that two companies that unsuccessfully bid to become Medicare recovery audit contractors \(RACs\) had withdrawn their bid protests, allowing the Medicare RAC program to proceed.
On October 30, the Centers for Medicare…
Strong advocacy efforts by hospital leaders led to major victories on Capitol Hill this year.