The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has removed from its website an updated Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice, which it said was posted prematurely yesterday.
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Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee and its Chronic Care Working Group yesterday introduced bipartisan
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) yesterday introduced a continuing reso
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals today urged President-elect Trump and
A federal judge yesterday ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to eliminate the backlog of Medicare claims appeals pending at the administrative law judge level within four years, gr
Hospital and health system leaders today took to Capitol Hill to urge Congress to pass the revised 21st Century Cures Act (
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted its updated version of the
Senate Finance Committee leaders today issued a staff report on “concurrent and overlapping surgeries,” which the report describes as a practice involving a surgeon scheduling and conducting operat
The AHA yesterday asked the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to consider certain issues before making draft recommendations related to provider consolidation and stand-alone emergency departmen
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General today issued a
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday released a final report on a Winnable Battles project, launch
The Root Cause Coalition, formed last year to address hunger and other social determinants of preventable chronic health conditions,
The AHA’s United Against the Flu Campaign w
Court proceedings got underway today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Aetna’s bid to acquire Humana.
Hospitals participating in the AHA’s third-quarter 2016 RACTrac
People who smoke an average of less than one cigarette per day over their lifetime have a 64% higher risk of earlier death than never smokers, and those who smoke between one and 10 cigarettes a da
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate was recently awarded a contract from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to work with experts in ambulatory care, patien
The AHA today thanked President-elect Trump for his interest and commitment to addressing regulatory reform, and suggested 33 actions the incoming administration could take immediately to reduce th
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued