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A record 16,932 U.S. medical school seniors were matched to first-year residency positions today through the National Resident Matching Program, 533 more than last year. A total of 30,212 first- and second-year positions were offered, including more than 600 new first-year positions, half of…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will review the 2016 application process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program during an April 7 National Provider Call. Presentation slides will be posted before the call and a recording and transcript about two weeks after. For more…
Physician practices are engaging in new health care payment models intended to improve quality and reduce costs, but need help managing increasing amounts of data and responding to the diversity of programs and quality metrics from different payers, according to a study released yesterday by…
Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D., (R-TX) today introduced legislation (H.R. 1470) to permanently replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula and provide a 0.5% payment update for five years as a transition, as well as further updates if needed.
The House Budget Committee today voted 22-13 along party lines to pass a fiscal year 2016 budget plan, which the full House could consider next week. The proposal would reduce Medicare spending by $148 billion and Medicaid and other health care spending by $913 billion over 10 years.
More than 150 hospital leaders today gathered on Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to reject cuts to payments for hospital care that would limit patients’ access to care. During an AHA Advocacy Day briefing in Washington, D.C., which also was webcast, AHA leaders provided the latest details on…
At an AHA-sponsored briefing today on Capitol Hill, hospital leaders called for changes in Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. Michael Langberg, M.D., senior vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, said hospitals shouldn’t be “…
In an advertorial today in the Wall Street Journal, AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock calls for “real reform” of the Medicare program, “not piecemeal provider cuts,” noting that Congress has cut $122 billion from hospitals alone since 2010. “Washington can…
The House today voted 232-186 to approve a joint resolution (S.J. Res. 8) to nullify a National Labor Relations Board final rule changing the process for filing and processing petitions for union representation of employees. Effective April 14, the rule will shorten the time between a union filing…
The Affordable Care Act has energized five fundamental shifts in health care over the past five years, according to a new report by the PwC Health Research Institute. They are a shift in risk away from traditional insurers and onto providers and others; a renewed emphasis on primary care; an…