Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Feb. 11 issued proposed rules that would promote patient access to health information in Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and federally facilitated…
The AHA today expressed support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients' access to care.
AHA letter to Senator Robert Menendez expressing support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients' access to care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Feb. 14 call for clinicians and other interested stakeholders on new opioid policies for Medicare Part D plans that took effect Jan. 1.
Reps. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Terri Sewell, D-Ala., today introduced legislation (H.R. 1041) that would repeal Medicare’s 96-hour rule for critical access hospitals, as advocated by the AHA. CAHs currently must maintain an annual length of stay of 96 hours or less to maintain their…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Feb. 14 call for clinicians and other interested stakeholders on new opioid policies for Medicare Part D plans that took effect Jan. 1.
Clinicians can now look up their preliminary eligibility status for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, one of two payment pathways for clinicians under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., John Boozman, R-Ark., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., today introduced the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, AHA-supported legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients'…
Hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients were less likely to qualify for financial rewards in the first year of Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model.