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South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association President Linda Quick last week announced she will retire on Dec. 31 after 21 years of service to the association. “As I embark on the next phase of my life’s work, I am leaving the organization in superior condition and in good hands…
Testifying today at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack drew a sharp contrast between the realignment taking place in the hospital and health system field and the consolidation proposed in the health insurance industry.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed its progress toward meeting the IMPACT Act mandate to develop a prototype for a new unified payment system for post-acute care services provided by home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long…
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac survey. Hospitals participating in the second-quarter 2015 survey report appealing 49% of all RAC claim denials. Nearly 60% of claims reviewed in the second…
Ambulatory surgical centers may choose through Nov. 16 to have 2013 and 2014 data for five claims-based measures suppressed from the Hospital Compare website, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced this week, citing ASC concerns with implementing associated billing process…
Eligible professionals and group practices participating in the Physician Quality Reporting System who believe they were incorrectly assessed a negative payment adjustment for 2016 may ask CMS to review their adjustment determination through Nov. 9 by submitting an informal review request at the…
The Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, a forum initiated by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell in March to advance health care payment models that promote quality and value, invites hospitals and others to share their alternative payment model experiences by…
The AHA today announced several promotions in its Washington, DC office. Tom Nickels will manage AHA federal relations and public policy analysis and development as executive vice president of Government Relations and Public Policy, succeeding Rick Pollack who became AHA president and CEO Sept…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is accepting comments through Sept. 14 on its proposed star rating system for overall hospital-level quality. CMS recently added star ratings for patient experience survey measures to Hospital Compare, and plans to add overall star ratings…
Recently announced health insurance company acquisitions should be closely scrutinized, because they “would leave consumers with fewer – and no doubt – more expensive options for coverage … and diminish the insurers’ willingness to be innovative partners with…