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On May 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the FY 2019 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system. The AHA Regulatory Advisory offers a detailed summary of the proposed rule.
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REPLAY: TOWN HALL INTERACTIVE WEBCAST: VETERANS HEALTH AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE PROGRAMS - May 22, 2018 Tom Nickels, AHA executive vice president of government relations and public policy, was joined by Kameron Matthews, M.D., acting deputy undersecretary for health for community care,…
Held May 31, 2018 Join the AHA Section for Small or Rural Hospitals as we feature the 2017 AHA Rural Hospital Leadership award recipient Bryan Slaba and finalist Erik Thorsen and their efforts to ensure access to care and improve population health in their rural communities.
In January 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued guidance setting forth the standards it will apply in granting state waivers conditioning Medicaid eligibility on compliance with work and community engagement requirements.1
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 24 released its fiscal year (FY) 2019 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS). A detailed summary of the proposed rule follows in the Regulatory Advisory below.
AHA has created a VBP calculator for hospital leaders to assess the impact of the VBP program on their organizations. The calculator is designed so that you enter your hospital's CMS Certification Number; the calculator will then estimate your net VBP gain or loss. The FY 2019 Proposed Rule…
AHA has created a readmissions penalty calculator for hospital leaders to assess the impact of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on their organizations. The calculator is designed so that you enter your hospital's CMS Certification Number; the calculator will then estimate your…
AHA has created a Medicare operating DSH calculator for hospital leaders to estimate hospitals’ operating DSH payments – both the empirical portion as well as the uncompensated care payment amounts. The calculator is designed so that you enter your hospital's CMS Certification Number; the…
Please join us Tuesday, May 22, at 3:30 p.m. ET for a special Town Hall Webcast on veterans’ health.