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Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana and Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna “have the very real potential to reduce competition substantially, increase the cost of premiums, and diminish the insurers’ willingness to be innovative partners with providers and consumers…
The AHA yesterday called for swift enactment of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act, S. 1189, legislation aimed at helping to address physician shortages in medically underserved areas of the country.
The two-midnight policy changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "are a good first step towards resolving some of the problems created by this policy,” wrote AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack in an Aug. 27 letter to the agency.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to collect additional information from Qualified Health Plans in the individual and small group markets as part of the risk corridors and medical loss ratio programs, the agency announced yesterday. The agency said it needs the information…
Medicare claims processing systems are ready to accept ICD-10 claims on Oct. 1, based on results from the third ICD-10 end-to-end testing week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. About 1,200 health care providers and billing companies submitted more than 29,…
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued draft guidance on how it intends to name new and previously licensed nonproprietary biological products, commonly referred to as biosimilar products. “FDA’s current thinking is that shared nonproprietary names are not appropriate…
An Arizona court this week upheld a 2013 state law expanding Medicaid coverage to low-income residents under the Affordable Care Act. Some members of the state legislature claimed that the law’s assessment on hospitals to help pay for the expansion was a tax and therefore unconstitutional…
The AHA will host a members-only webinar Sept. 15 on "Building Primary Care from the Ground Up: Partnership for Training Rural Residents in Medicine." Presenters will describe how a North Dakota critical access hospital, CHI-Mercy Medical Center, combined resources with the Family Medicine…
The AHA and its Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development affiliate will host a webcast Sept. 16 on the value and potential of social media to leverage hospital community benefit programs and patient engagement. Topics include social media platforms and their legal implications, and…
The AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance has released a free webinar on Accountable Care Organization concepts and how Medicare ACOs can be part of a hospital organization’s strategy to move from volume to value. The webinar explores the difference between commercial and Medicare ACOs, where…