Medicare
Each year, the American Hospital Association (AHA) collects aggregate information on the payments and costs associated with care delivered to beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid by U.S. hospitals. The data used to generate these numbers come from the AHA’s Annual Survey of Hospitals, which is…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced additional proposed changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D payment policies for calendar year 2019.
Beginning in October, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will return both the Health Insurance Claim Number and Medicare beneficiary identifier on the remittance advice when a provider submits a claim.
To reach that vision, the AHA and our members are committed to:
March 28, 2016
Andrew M. Slavitt
Acting Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 445-G
Washington, DC 20201
RE: CMS-1644-P, Medicare Program; Medicare Shared Savings Program; Accountable Care Organizations – Revised…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Feb. 13 call on its new settlement option for health care providers with a low volume of appeals pending at the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals and Medicare Appeals Council.
The agency today extended for another six months its moratoria on enrollment of new Medicare home health agencies and and on new Part B non-emergency ground ambulance suppliers in certain states.
Critical access hospitals that did not achieve meaningful use in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for the 2016 reporting period or receive a hardship exception will see their Medicare payments reduced to 100% of their reasonable costs in fiscal year 2018.
The AHA yesterday shared with the Department of Health and Human Services its recommendations for promoting competition and choice in the health care system.
Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Penalty Calculator FY 2017
Inpatient PPS Final Rule
(Uses HAC List Posted by CMS in Dec. 2016)