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Advisories
May 13, 2008
Quality Advisory
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April 30, 2008
AHA Media Advisory
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Medicare Inpatient PPS: The Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year 2009 
April 28, 2008
On April 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its fiscal year (FY) 2009 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS). The proposed rule is available on CMS' web site and will be published in the April 30 Federal Register. Comments are due June 13.
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IRS Releases Draft Instructions for Form 990, Related Schedules; Seeks Comments by June 1
April 15, 2008
On April 7, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released draft instructions for the
redesigned Form 990 released in December 2007. The final Form 990 contains a core form and 16 related schedules, including Schedule H-Hospitals, designated solely for taxexempt hospitals. Except for the required reporting of "facility" information, Schedule H is optional for tax year 2008, but the entire schedule is required for 2009.
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Information about Patients' Experience of Hospital Care to Become Public
March 14, 2008
On March 28, information about patients' experience of hospital care from the HCAHPS survey will be shared publicly for the first time on the Hospital Quality Alliance's (HQA) Web site, Hospital Compare. Health care consumers highly value information about patients' perceptions of their hospital care, and the new information may entice them to examine the other clinical and mortality data
at Hospital Compare.
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Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs): Preparing for RAC Audits
March 03, 2008
This member advisory highlights the types of inpatient claims that were targeted during the RAC demonstration and some strategies and tools your organization can implement to minimize the impact of future RAC audits.
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Long-term Care Hospitals: The Proposed Rule for 2009
February 29, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-term care hospital (LTCH) proposed rule for rate year (RY) 2009 in the January 29 Federal Register.
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Implementing a No-Charge Policy for Serious, Adverse Events
February 12, 2008
Recently, the AHA Board of Trustees adopted a set of principles articulating when hospitals would not expect payment from patients or their insurers or employers for care related to preventable serious, adverse events. Now, the AHA is asking hospitals to implement a no-charge policy for patients and insurers for serious, adverse events that is appropriate for their communities and the patients they serve.
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Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs): What They Are and How They Work
January 25, 2008
The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program is authorized by Congress to identify improper Medicare payments - both overpayments and underpayments. RACs are paid on a contingency fee basis, receiving a percentage of the improper payments they identify and collect.
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IRS Releases Final Core Form 990 and Schedules with Many Improvements
January 07, 2008
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on December 20 released a final revised version of Form 990 and 16 related schedules. While there are many improvements to the Form and schedules from the June draft, hospitals will need to review these documents carefully to determine which of the schedules they will be required to file and when such filing is required.
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