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The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a notice seeking comments on potential changes to its administrative simplification rule for health plan identifiers (HPIDs). The notice will be published in tomorrow’s Federal Register with comments accepted for 60 days.
Physician practices can apply through Sept. 4 to participate in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services model that will test whether paying practices to identify and manage cardiovascular risks for Medicare patients reduces heart attacks, strokes and Medicare costs, CMS announced today.
Senior health care leaders may apply through June 1 to participate in the next AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship, a nine-month program designed to give participants knowledge, tools and connections to transform their health care organizations. Through in-person learning retreats, webinars,…
National hospital groups today urged Congress to oppose H.R. 2513, legislation that would loosen current restrictions on the growth of physician-owned hospitals. “By steering their most profitable cases to facilities they own, physician-owners inflate health care costs and drain essential resources…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should work to develop the mature standards and infrastructure needed for efficient and effective health information exchange, and refrain from finalizing Stage 3 requirements for meaningful use of electronic health records until it has more…
Physician groups wishing to participate in the 2015 Physician Quality Reporting System Group Practice Reporting Option must register by June 30.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality yesterday awarded $112 million to create seven regional cooperatives to help up to 300 small primary care practices improve heart health for patients. The EvidenceNOW initiative will help the practices incorporate key evidence-based interventions…
The AHA May 26 urged Congress to reject legislation aimed at loosening current restrictions on the growth of physician-owned hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today released a proposed rule that would update Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program managed care regulations to better align them with existing commercial, Marketplace and Medicare Advantage regulations.
The AHA today urged Congress to reject H.R. 2513 “and all other attempts to skew the health care marketplace in favor of physicians who self-refer patients to hospitals they own,” saying the legislation would promote neither access nor competition. The bill, introduced last week by Rep…