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At a hearing today on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s most recent hospital policy recommendations, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) advocated for site-neutral payment cuts consistent with draft legislation the committee released last year.…
The next members-only Town Hall webcast will be streamed live from the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET. Panelists will cover the Supreme Court’s recent decision in King v. Burwell, Congress’ health care agenda, the 2016 elections and more.
The AHA, Catholic Health Association of the United States, and Association of American Medical Colleges last week responded to an Internal Revenue Service request for specific research supporting the inclusion of housing as a community benefit activity on Part I of Schedule H. “As you…
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute today awarded $142.5 million in funding to 34 research networks to participate in the second phase of its National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network.
An estimated 3 million low-income, uninsured adults have a serious mental illness and/or substance use condition, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. That’s about 17% of low-income, uninsured adults, with estimates by state ranging from 6.9% to 27.5%, GAO…
Care Dimensions in Danvers, MA, will receive the 2015 Circle of Life Award on Friday at the Health Forum-AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco. In addition, Hospice of Frederick County, part of Frederick (MD) Regional Health System, will receive a Citation of Honor. Both programs share overriding…
The Department of Health and Human Services should not require the health plan identifier and other entity identifier in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act transactions, the AHA told the agency in comments submitted today.
More than 140 Medicare-certified hospices will participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model, which will allow eligible Medicare beneficiaries and those dually eligible for Medicaid to receive hospice services while curative services continue, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, CO, will receive the 2015 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize on Thursday for its sustainable and pervasive achievements with respect to the Institute of Medicine’s six quality aims of safe, effective, efficient, timely, patient-centered and…
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey by July 24. The free web-based survey helps AHA gauge the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program on hospitals and advocate for needed changes. For more information on the RACTrac initiative, including a…