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Thanks to your advocacy, more than half of the Senate has put itself on the record as opposing the capital indirect medical education \(IME\) cut. The attached letter, sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer \(D-NY\), Arlen Specter \(R-PA\) and Hillary Clinton \(D-NY\), includes 51 signatures and…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published in the June 27 Federal Register a proposed rule changing the conditions of participation \(CoPs\) and payment provisions for rural health clinics \(RHCs\).
On July 15, Congress voted to override President Bush's veto of H.R. 6331, theMedicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. President Bushvetoed the legislation earlier that day, citing objections to provisions that wouldcut payments to Medicare Advantage plans, among other reasons.
The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor \(RAC\) program is authorized by Congress to identify improper Medicare payments - both overpayments and underpayments. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) recently reported that RACs collected 92.7 million in overpayments during the three…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) today released a new report on the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor \(RAC\) demonstration program in a limited number of states. RACs are tasked with identifying inaccurate Medicare payments - both overpayments and underpayments - and are…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on July 3 released the outpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) and the ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2009. Highlights of the rule follow.
On May 29, congressional officials released revised guidance on how the congressional ethics law, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 \(HLOGA\), affects the requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act \(LDA\). On
On July 17, the Hospital Compare Web site (www.HospitalCompare.hhs.gov) will be
updated to contain new and refreshed information on several conditions. For the first time,
30-day mortality data for pneumonia patients will be available and, for some hospitals, two
clinical measures on pediatric…
Where we stand as Congress goes into recess.
An analysis of regional and state organizing activity in health care, based on National Labor Relations Board \(NLRB\) data about representation \(RC\) petitions filed and RC elections held.