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Today, President Obama and Vice President Biden are hosting a National Conference on Mental Health at the White House to raise awareness of and understanding about mental health in communities across the country. AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock and Paul Summergrad, M.D., chair of the AHA…
In the May 10 Federal Register, CMS published its fiscal year 2014 proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment systems.
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The Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) is designed to pay hospitals for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries based on a national average payment amount, adjusted for two factors that affect hospitals' costs: the patient's condition and related…
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Many issues, from quality improvement to delivery system reform to hospital payment, are on the agendas of hospital leaders. Over the past several months, an important issue for the hospital and health system field has been the Medicare area wage index (AWI), and it is likely to…
Creating a Medical Cost Offset Through Bi-Directional Integration of Physical and Behavioral Health CareAHA MEMBERS ONLY CONFERENCE CALLDate: Wednesday, May 22, 20133:00pm Eastern (2:00pm C, 1:00pm M, Noon P, 11:00am AK, 9:00am HI)Expected Call Duration: 60 minutes
CMS published its fiscal year (FY) 2014 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment systems (PPS) in the May 10 Federal Register.
CMS on May 6 published its fiscal year 2014 proposed for the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
CMS on Monday, May 13, released its proposed rule on a methodology for reducing federal DSH allotments to states by an aggregate $500 million in fiscal year 2014 and $600 million in FY 2015 under the ACA.