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Responses Received as of 11/12/09 from AHA A2 Workforce Group
On Saturday, November 7, the House passed by a vote of 220 to 215 the Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009 \(H.R. 3962\). The bill, which reflects the outcome of the mark-up of three committees with jurisdiction over health care reform as well as negotiations conducted by the House…
On October 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) final rule for calendar year \(CY\) 2010.
A report by Jones Day, American Hospital Association & AmericanSociety for Healthcare Human Resources Administration
The HHS recently released an interim final rule updating the enforcement rule for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 \(HIPAA\). These updates were necessitated by the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act \(HITECH\).
Spreadsheet Comparing 2010 to 2009 OPPS Payment Rates
On September 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the end-stage renal disease \(ESRD\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule
President Obama Saturday declared a national emergency in response to the spreading H1N1 influenza pandemic, an action that is supported by the AHA and others involved in tracking how hospitals are faring during the growing pandemic.
Executive Summary of Economic Analysis of Healthcare Cost Studies Commissioned by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association