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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule revising the Medicare payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests paid under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and implementing other changes required by section 216 of the Protecting Access to…
The AHA today voiced support for a number of provisions in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2017, but concern with the rule’s proposed documentation and coding reduction, changes to disproportionate…
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to rescind the “25% Rule” in its proposed rule for long-term care hospitals in fiscal year 2017, which may “reduce access and payment for the very patients who the Congress has deemed appropriate for LTCH-level…
Hospital representatives are invited to learn more about recent policy activities impacting the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program and review results from the AHA's latest RACTrac survey during a webinar June 28 at 2 p.m. ET.
The Supreme Court today said the False Claims Act is not “an all-purpose antifraud statute” or “a vehicle for punishing garden-variety breaches of contract or regulatory violations.” In a decision in Universal Health Services Inc. v. United States and Massachusetts ex…
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today urged the U.S. Department of Justice to block the proposed merger of Anthem and Cigna. "When it comes to the Anthem and Cigna merger, bigger is not better for California's consumers or the health insurance market," said Jones.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday released its June report to Congress, which annually looks at issues affecting the Medicare program and health care delivery and services.
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission yesterday released its June report to Congress, which looks at Medicaid spending and financing at the request of congressional committees with interest in Medicaid. Topics include trends in Medicaid spending, state policy levers to control…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released a resource to help consumers understand their rights under the Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act. The brochure reviews the law’s parity protections, how consumers can find out more about their health…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee June 15 voted 53-0 to approve the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, H.R. 2646, after several modifications were made to the bill as a result of bipartisan negotiations. The committee-approved bill scrapped earlier measures that would have…