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The Internal Revenue Service yesterday posted guidance finalizing, with modifications, the correction and disclosure procedures under which certain failures to meet requirements of section 501(r) of the Affordable Care Act will be excused. Under the final Section 501(r) regulations for…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday updated an online tool that produces health profiles for all U.S. counties. The profiles show how each county compares with peer counties on certain indicators of mortality, morbidity, health care access and quality, health behaviors,…
Hospitals participating in the Florida Hospital Association’s Hospital Engagement Network improved care for more than 27,500 patients over three years, avoiding an estimated $170 million in health care costs, the association reported this week. Among other improvements, the 77 hospitals…
Rhode Island hospitals contributed $6.9 billion to the state's economy in 2013, according to a new report by the Hospital Association of Rhode Island. The state’s hospitals employ nearly 20,000 health care professionals and support another 21,400 jobs through their economic activity, the…
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers March 10 introduced legislation that the AHA said would improve the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) by factoring sociodemographic status into hospital readmission rates.
Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Reps. Jim Renacci (R-OH) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) today introduced AHA-supported legislation (S. 688/H.R. 1343) that would require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adjust a hospital’s performance in the Medicare Hospital…
The AHA March 10 expressed support for legislation, S. 629, that would allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to align its requirements for Medicare pass-through support payments with the latest accreditation standards for hospital-based nursing education programs. The Higher…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) March 10 announced its Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model, which will be added to its existing portfolio of ACO models.
Nearly 11.7 million consumers selected or were re-enrolled in a 2015 health plan through HealthCare.gov or the state-based marketplaces as of Feb. 22, according to a report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services. About three-quarters of them enrolled through the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should seek legislation to reduce swing-bed reimbursement rates for critical access hospitals from 101% of reasonable costs to the daily rates paid under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, the Department of Health and Human…