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The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and state of North Carolina yesterday filed a civil action in federal district court against Carolinas HealthCare System challenging certain language in contracts between CHS and insurance companies.
Hospitals, critical access hospitals and eligible professionals who did not achieve meaningful use in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for the 2015 reporting period can apply through July 1 for a hardship exception from the 2017 payment adjustment. CAHs that have already…
The Department of Health and Human Services should take certain steps to reduce the number of Medicare appeals and strengthen oversight of the Medicare fee-for-service appeals process, the Government Accountability Office said in a report issued today. “Without more reliable and…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced a pre-claim review demonstration for all Medicare fee-for-service home health services in Illinois, Florida, Texas, Michigan and Massachusetts. Start dates will be determined in the coming months, but will be no earlier than…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today postponed to Jan. 1 the deadline for inpatient psychiatric facilities to begin collecting data on three quality measures adopted in the fiscal year 2016 IPF prospective payment system rule. The original deadline was July 1. The measures, which…
The Senate Appropriations Committee today voted 29-1 to approve bipartisan legislation that would provide $161.9 billion in base discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies in fiscal year 2017, $270 million less than this year. HHS…
The Senate this week approved legislation allowing public and nonprofit skilled nursing facilities to apply for support from the Universal Service Fund’s Rural Health Care Program, which provides funding for telecommunications and broadband services used to provide health care in rural communities…
The AHA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) June 7 issued a new patient education resource on prescription opioids that outlines evidence-based information about the risks and side effects of the powerful painkillers.
The House of Representatives last night approved by voice vote the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R. 5273). The AHA-backed legislation would revise Section 603 of the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act to move the grandfather date for off-campus hospital outpatient departments under…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act (H.R. 3299) with an AHA-supported provision that would require the Government Accountability Office to report on state, local and hospital preparedness programs. The Department of…