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Letters
Includes: Regulatory Comment Letters, Letters to and from the Hill, Letters to and from the Administration, and Letters to and from Federal Agencies
AHA Comments to CMS Re: OPPS, ASC, GME, costs and Physician Self-Referral Proposed Rule for 2011
August 31, 2010
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS), ambulatory surgical center (ASC), graduate medical education costs and physician self-referral proposed rule for 2011.
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AHA Comments to CMS Re: Changes to the Hospital and Critical Access Hospital CoP
August 27, 2010
AHA comments to CMS regarding the proposed changes to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for patient visitation rights.
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AHA to HHS Re: Interim Final Rules Implementing Elements of the Insurance Reforms In the ACA
August 27, 2010
AHA comments to HHS on the interim final rules implementing several elements of the insurance reforms contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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AHA Recommends CORE Develop Operating Rules for Transaction Standards
August 26, 2010
AHA letter to leaders of HHS' National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Standards recommending that the Department of Health and Human Services should designate the Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) of the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare develop "operating rules" for all transaction standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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AHA Comments to CMS Re: Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule
August 24, 2010
AHA comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule with changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS) and other Medicare Part B payment policies for calendar year (CY) 2011, including the implementation of a number of provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA).
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AHA to ACGME Re: Revised Standards on Resident Duty Hours
August 06, 2010
AHA comments on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educations (ACGME) revised standards on resident duty hours.
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AHA to Senate Re: Support for Electronic Health Records Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act
August 06, 2010
AHA letter to Sen. Schumer expressing AHA's strong support for Electronic Health Records Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010.
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Medicaid Provider Joint Letter to Acting Solicitor General
August 06, 2010
A group of organizations representing providers participating in the Medicaid program, including the AHA, urge Acting Solicitor General Neal Kumar Katyal to recommend that the U.S. Supreme Court decline to hear a case in which the court of appeals blocked the state of California's 10% across the board cut to payments for hospitals and other Medi-Cal providers
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AHA to Rep. Crueller Re: Support for the Underserved Area Nursing Relief Restoration Act of 2010
August 06, 2010
AHA letter to Rep. Henry Cuellar expressing AHA's support for his bill, H.R. 5687, the Underserved Area Nursing Relief Restoration Act of 2010.
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AHA, FAH, AMA to NAIC Re: Medical Loss Ratio Blanks Proposal
August 05, 2010
AHA, AMA, FAH provide comments to NAIC re: recommendations regarding the medical loss ratio blanks proposal.
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