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The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey by Oct. 16. 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, visit www.…
A bipartisan group of 95 House lawmakers yesterday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to scuttle its proposed payment cut for hospital outpatient services and provide a positive update in its final outpatient prospective payment system rule for 2016. “Medicare already pays…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released calendar year 2013 data on durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies provided to Medicare beneficiaries through referrals by physicians and other health care professionals. The data is based on information from…
The U.S. birth rate rose 0.6% in 2014 to 62.9 per 1,000 women, the first increase since 2007, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Birth rates rose 3% for Asian/Pacific Islander women and 1% for white women, and declined 9% for teens, 3% for American…
Connecting the uninsured with coverage is only a first step to improving health; the newly insured also need to be connected quickly to culturally competent primary care, Ramanathan Raju, M.D., president and CEO of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, said today at a panel sponsored…
A bipartisan group of 95 House lawmakers earlier this week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to scuttle its proposed payment cut for hospital outpatient services and provide a positive update in its final outpatient prospective payment system (PPS) rule for 2016.
The AHA today urged Congress to pass the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act. In a statement submitted to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights for a hearing on the legislation (S. 2102/ H.R.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released a final “roadmap” for achieving a national health IT infrastructure that facilitates the secure exchange and use of electronic health information by 2024.
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…