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Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac survey. Hospitals report appealing 45% of all RAC claim denials, and 60% of claims reviewed in the second quarter of 2016 were found to not have an overpayment.…
Tax-exempt hospitals’ community benefit activities represented 9.84% of their total expenses for Tax Year 2012, the Internal Revenue Service said in a report recently submitted to Congress. The results are consistent with an Ernst and Young report prepared for AHA for the same period, which…
The AHA today presented the Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision Award to Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Wabasha, MN, for its work in improving the health of the communities it serves through actions that go beyond traditional hospital care. Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center,…
The American Society of Healthcare Risk Management presented its inaugural patient safety award to GBMC Healthcare at its annual conference last week in Orlando, FL. The award recognizes organizational excellence in patient safety and celebrates the efforts of risk management…
CEO Tom Crowley says Saint Elizabeth Medical Center’s efforts to create a culture of wellness throughout rural Wabasha County, Minn., is a way for the 20-bed critical access hospital to achieve its mission and live its values.“It is a very important part of our ministry,” Crowley…
Commenting today on the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2018, AHA said it appreciates the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposals to improve the stability of the Health Insurance Marketplaces and recommends further actions.
An estimated 2.5 million Americans who buy individual market coverage outside of the Health Insurance Marketplace might qualify for tax credits if they purchased coverage through the Marketplace, the Department of Health and Human Services estimated yesterday. That’s about 36% of off-…
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday awarded $350,000 to the National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center to provide cybersecurity information and education on cyber threats to the health care sector. The cooperative agreements also will build the center’s…
Before using direct-acting antivirals to treat patients with chronic hepatitis C, health care professionals should screen the patients for evidence of current or prior hepatitis B, the Food and Drug Administration said in a safety alert yesterday. FDA has identified 24 cases of hepatitis B…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today announced funding to further develop, and potentially purchase for the Strategic National Stockpile, two tests for use in a large-scale nuclear or radiological emergency.