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

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Post-acute Prospective Payment Systems: The Final Rules for FY 2004
CMS recently issued final rules for fiscal year \(FY\) 2004 prospective payment systems \(PPS\) for home health agencies \(HHA\), inpatient rehabilitation facilities \(IRF\), long term care hospitals \(LTCH\), and skilled nursing facilities \(SNF\). Some updates take effect October 1, 2003, while…
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Medicare Outpatient PPS: The Proposed Rule for CY 2004
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The Final HIPAA Security Rule: Making Progress in Implementation
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Medicare Inpatient PPS: The Final Rule for FY 2004
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Congressional Investigation on Hospital Billing & Collections Practices May Generate Press Calls
On July 16, the U.S. House of Representatives House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations launched a formal probe into hospital billing and collection practices by sending a seven-page letter to 20 hospitals and health systems across the country. The media coverage this…
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Disaster Readiness Advisory #11: New Planning Tool Available - Weill/Cornell Bioterrorism and Epidem
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The Quality Initiative: A Public Resource on Hospital Performance Update on Collaborative Effort
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Proposed Changes to Medicare Inpatient PPS: Outlier Payments
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Launch of Hospital Compare
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Communicating about the New HIPAA Privacy Regulations
New federal privacy regulations set to take effect in April 2003 will raise new questions from patients, reporters and employees about the patient information hospitals and health systems can appropriately share.
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