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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 study published in Health Affairs. While traditional Medicare requires beneficiaries to be hospital inpatients for…
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 vice president and general counsel, in an AHASTAT blog post. “Despite fears that hospital mergers…
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% offset related to the two-midnight requirements, including a case brought by the AHA, four…
The Food and Drug Administration has alerted health care facilities to cybersecurity vulnerabilities with an infusion pump used for continuous delivery of general infusion therapy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today awarded about $110 million to help health departments track and respond to infectious diseases. In addition to states and territories, the funding went to Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday updated its guidance related to the recent announcement that Medicare audit contractors will not deny certain Part B physician fee schedule claims based solely on the specificity of the ICD-10 code for 12 months after ICD-10 implementation.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2016, which will increase rates by 0.9% after accounting for inflation and other adjustments required by law.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its long-term care hospital prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2016. The rule implements the new dual-rate payment structure for LTCHs, which will be phased in through a two-year transition that begins Oct. 1.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today released a final rule updating Medicare fee-for-service payments for inpatient rehabilitation facilities for fiscal year 2016. The rule provides an overall 1.8% update ($135 million), which includes a 2.4% market-basket update,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its inpatient psychiatric facility final rule for fiscal year 2016. The rule will increase IPF rates by 1.5% in FY 2016, after accounting for inflation and other adjustments. Specifically, the final rule includes an initial market-…