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Advocacy Issue: Physician-Owned Hospitals
Some members of Congress continue to propose weakening Medicare’s prohibition on physician self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals and loosening restrictions on the growth of grandfathered hospitals. Legislation has been introduced that would allow problematic physician-owned hospitals to open and permit unfettered growth in existing physician-owned hospitals.
Senate Letter from AHA, Other Organizations in Support of Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S.709
AHA expresses support the introduction of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (S. 709).
AHA seeks to strengthen services for trustees
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AHA seeks to strengthen services for trustees
The American Hospital Association board of trustees in July approved a plan to strengthen the AHA’s role in s
Big Changes Ahead in Medicare Physician Payments
Last spring, Congress passed a sweeping law overhauling the way Medicare pays physicians.
The costs of violence
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Report examines cost of community violence
Community violence cost U.S.
The key to new payment programs? Data management.
Value-based payment approaches, including Medicare’s Quality Payment Program for physicians and other eligible clinicians, tie fees and bonuses to how well providers perform on various qualit
What rural hospitals need to know about MACRA
Trustee talking points
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rolled out a new Medicare physician payment system. The system will affect payment star
The Ins and Outs of Physician Payment After Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Reform
On April 16, President Barack Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
Rural hospital takes advanced payment path
A rural Oregon hospital, Sky Lakes Medical Center, is jumping into the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Advanced Alternative Payment Models, which are the elite track o