Hospitals are encouraged to review their hospital-specific reports for the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program and submit any corrections before the 30-day review and correction period en
Eliminating the three-day stay requirement for Medicare Advantage enrollees does not increase hospital or skilled nursing facility admissions or SNF lengths of stay, according to a new
While hospitals merge in order to build a better and more durable continuum of care for patients, the motivation behind insurer consolidation is quite different, writes Melinda Hatton, AHA senior v
The District of Columbia federal court today heard arguments on respective motions for summary judgment in consolidated cases challenging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 0.2
Hospitals have until Aug. 17 to review their results from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ “dry run” test of a proposed star rating system for overall hospital-level quality.
Changes in competition in the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace affected premium growth in benchmark plans between 2014 and 2015, according to a
Most of the 23 Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans that provided health insurance in 2014 had not met their initial enrollment and profitability projections by the end of the year, according to a