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American Heart Month is an annual celebration in February that began in 1963 to encourage Americans to join the battle against heart disease. A presidential proclamation pays tribute each year to researchers, physicians, public health professionals and volunteers for their tireless efforts in…
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued recommendations for blood donor screening and deferral to reduce the risk of transmitting Zika virus through transfusions.
The AHA yesterday asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of the Treasury to “take swift and decisive action” to protect consumers from limited-benefit plans. The association “has been distressed to learn that some emerging employer-sponsored health…
The AHA yesterday urged the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics to adopt a proposed electronic transaction standard for claims attachments, but with certain conditions to help ensure timely claims processing.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted a Frequently Asked Question clarifying what hospitals participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program must do to meet the public health objective, particularly the specialized registry measure for eligible…
Uncompensated care costs at Missouri hospitals increased 469% between 2004 and 2014, according to the Missouri Hospital Association’s annual Community Investment Report. In 2014, the state’s hospitals provided $1.3 billion in uncompensated care, including $723 million in charity care…
Heeding concerns raised by the AHA and others, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Feb. 11 issued a final rule that requires providers to repay overpayments discovered within six years of the initial Medicare reimbursement, a much shorter look-back period than first proposed.
In a Feb. 12 letter to Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its health subcommittee, the AHA detailed its concern with reduced payment for Medicare services furnished in new off-campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPD) and urged Congress to reject any further site-…
In a letter Friday to Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its health subcommittee, the AHA detailed its concern with reduced payment for Medicare services furnished in new off-campus hospital outpatient departments and urged Congress to reject any further site-…
The Core Quality Measures Collaborative, a public-private effort to align and simplify quality measures for physicians and other clinicians, has reached consensus on core quality measures for certain primary and specialty care providers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and America…