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Advocacy Issue: Physician-Owned Hospitals

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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.
Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law, Physician-owned Hospitals
Letter/Comment
Public

Senate Letter from AHA, Other Organizations in Support of Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S.709

Letter/Comment
AHA expresses support the introduction of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (S. 709).
Workforce, Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law, Medicare

AHA seeks to strengthen services for trustees

Governance 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
Governance Effectiveness, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Operational Excellence, Care Delivery, Patient and Family Education/Engagement, Strategic Planning

HRET Effort Reduces Infections

Patient safety
Health Information Technology (HIT), Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety, Leveraging Technology

Big Changes Ahead in Medicare Physician Payments

Last spring, Congress passed a sweeping law overhauling the way Medicare pays physicians.
Financial Oversight, Governance Effectiveness, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP

The costs of violence

Violence Report examines cost of community violence Community violence cost U.S.
Health Information Technology (HIT), Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety, Leveraging Technology

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
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety

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
Financial Oversight, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Physician Workforce, Quality & Patient Safety, Workforce

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
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Rural issues, Strategic Planning

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
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)/MACRA/QPP, Rural issues, Strategic Planning