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A lack of prompt payment by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and its contractors “hinders access to care for veterans who need non-VA services and undermines the viability of non-VA hospitals and the essential services they provide to their communities,” an AHA witness June 3…
AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack recently talked to AHA News about the funding challenges facing hospitals. Listen in here.
The House Ways and Means Committee today approved 10 health care-related bills, including legislation that would provide certain exceptions to the moratorium on new long-term care hospital beds and facilities; a package of bills to reform the Medicare Advantage program; and a bill to repeal the…
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to quickly finalize the shorter, 90-day reporting period for 2015 meaningful use of electronic health records and other proposals to make Stage 2 requirements more flexible. In addition, CMS should allow hospitals to choose…
Medicare claims processing systems are ready to accept ICD-10 claims on Oct. 1, based on results from the second ICD-10 end-to-end testing week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today. About 875 health care providers and billing companies submitted more than 23,000…
Leaders of the Senate Special Committee on Aging yesterday expressed concerns with the Food and Drug Administration’s draft guidance for compounding and repackaging biologics.
The AHA today participated in a White House forum on ways to improve responsible antibiotic use, where more than 150 stakeholders committed to help thwart the public health and national security threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
The ban on physician referral to hospitals in which they have an ownership interest helps ensure hospitals are able to care for their communities, AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock explains in an opinion piece today in The Hill. “Unfortunately, today some in Congress want to…
The Colorado Supreme Court yesterday upheld the governor’s authority to exercise the opt out of Medicare’s physician supervision requirement for certified registered nurse anesthetists. The decision, applauded by the Colorado Hospital Association, allows CRNAs to practice in rural and…
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