Advisory

AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.

On March 18, CMS issued an Administrators Ruling making immediate (but temporary) changes to its existing rebilling policy and a proposed rule, which would implement a permanent change.
On Feb. 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its final rule on the physician payment sunshine provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A Message to AHA Members
Each year, the National Patient Safety Foundation founded in 1997 to improve the safety of patient care through collaborative, inclusive, multi-stakeholder approaches sponsors National Patient Safety Week, which takes place March 3-9 this year.
On Feb. 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to revise and clarify certain existing Medicare regulations.
A Message to AHA Members
Updated Schedule H and Instructions for 2012
This advisory highlights key sections of the final rule implementing an ACA provision that requires states to increase Medicaid payment rates to Medicare levels in 2013 and 2014 for primary care physicians who furnish certain primary care services, and provides 100% federal financing for the two-…