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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General yesterday issued as part of National Health IT Week a policy reminder that the electronic health records safe harbor does not protect donations of health information technology items or services that have limited or…
The Comprehensive Primary Care initiative generated $24 million in gross savings in 2014, the first shared savings performance year of the program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today. The initiative was launched in October 2012 to advance primary care by paying…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced the participants for the Comprehensive ESRD Care Model, a new accountable care organization model for Medicare patients with end-stage renal disease.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) today urged Congress to move forward on mental health reform. At a National Journal event on improving access to mental health care and reducing incarceration, Sen. Murphy said momentum was building for reform, citing a scheduled markup of…
Charity care alone cannot measure a hospital’s value to its community, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack said today at a Brookings Institution roundtable on health care economics after implementation of the Affordable Care Act. He took part in a panel examining a proposed “tradable…
The AHA Oct. 7 urged Congress to pass the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act, S. 2102/H.R.2745, legislation that would standardize the merger review process so that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would be required to rely exclusively on the federal courts…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oct. 6 released a final rule for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs that modifies the reporting period in 2015 to a 90-day period aligned with the calendar year. The AHA welcomed the move.The rule also…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today released a final rule with comment period modifying the reporting period for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs in 2015 to a 90-day period to align with the calendar year. The rule also adds other…
Legislation to create a Medicare value-based purchasing program for post-acute care “is too narrowly focused on cutting provider payment rather than promoting ‘value’,” AHA said in a letter today to leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee. “AHA members are deeply engaged in efforts to provide…
The Senate Health, Labor, Education & Pensions Committee today held a hearing on the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer decision. Under the August decision, two separate entities are considered “joint employers” of the same employees if they have any degree of indirect or…