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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will post details on its new hospital appeals settlement process in early November, and answer questions about the process during a Nov. 16 call, the agency announced today. For more information and to register for the call, click here.
On Nov. 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will release online training for health care providers and surveyors on phase one of the final rule revising Medicare and Medicaid quality and safety requirements for long-term care facilities. Phase one requirements take effect…
A federal interagency task force yesterday issued a final report on actions and recommendations to better ensure compliance with health insurance coverage and parity protections for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.
Patient-related risk factors appear to be the primary driver of readmissions in hospitals serving a higher proportion of minority patients, according to a study published online yesterday by the journal Surgery. The researchers examined outcomes and patient factors in more than 168,000…
The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association today announced they will offer co-branded accreditation services for cardiac care beginning in 2017. “The ACC and the AHA have worked together for more than 30 years to develop cardiovascular clinical guidelines and…
The AHA today urged Congress to act on several critical hospital and health system priorities when it returns after the elections.
The Senate Finance Committee Chronic Care Working Group today released a discussion draft of legislation to improve care for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic health conditions.
The AHA today released a MACRA 101 video series to help hospital leaders and trustees prepare for the new Medicare physician quality payment program, for which performance measurement starts in 2017 under the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act. Also available as short MACRA Minute…
With open enrollment in the 2017 Health Insurance Marketplaces starting Nov. 1, a new AHA video highlights the importance of health insurance for young people. Hospitals are invited to share the video with their communities by displaying it in high traffic areas, on their websites and through…
The AHA and Maryland Hospital Association today sponsored a forum for Maryland community leaders on the transformation taking place in health care and how providers and community partners can work together to improve the health of their communities. AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack explained the…