Advisories
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the healthcare field, as well as actions they may need to take.
On January 15, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule modifying the medical data code set standards and adopting ICD-10-CM for coding of patient diagnoses and ICD-10-PCS for coding of hospital procedures.
this Advisory is intended to share additional information on the Medicare payment incentives included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act \(H.R. 1\) for hospitals that adopt electronic health records and certain health information technology \(IT\). It also provides a link to an MS Excel…
This Advisory and the attached chart contain a detailed look at the provisions of interest to hospitals in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act \(H.R. 1\). The House voted 246-183 this afternoon in favor of the bill and the Senate is expected to follow suit later today, clearing the way for…
After a week of debate, the Senate has zeroed in on its version of an economic recovery bill \(The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act\).
The Economic Recovery Bill: A Detailed Look at the Key Hospital Issues
This roadmap highlights the legislation of interest to hospitals that ismoving on several fronts this week: SCHIP, and the EconomicRecovery package.
Among the top priorities of the new Administration and Congress is the enactment of a legislative package aimed at stimulating the nation's ailing economy. The AHA has been working hard to ensure that issues important to hospitals are included in such a bill.
Late last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the 2009 final physician fee schedule and other Medicare Part B revisions regulation. The final rule took effect January 1. Major provisions of the rule are highlighted in this advisory.
DOD RELEASES TRICARE OPPS FINAL RULE
The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 contained new electronic prescribing \(eRx\) incentives that offer a 2 percent additional payment for outpatient physician eRx in 2009. The Medicare physician fee schedule final rule for 2009, published in the November 19 Federal…