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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…
The Senate Friday voted 62-37 to approve trade legislation (H.R.1314) that would impose additional sequestration cuts on Medicare. To pay for the cost of extending the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, the legislation includes language that would extend the Medicare sequester to the last six…
The Supreme Court today reversed a 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that greatly expanded the reach of the False Claims Act by applying the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act to a civil FCA action. “The text, structure and history of the WSLA show that the Act applies only to criminal…
Spouses of patients receiving hospice for three or more days more frequently reported reduced depression symptoms than surviving spouses of patients who did not receive hospice, according to a study published online today by JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed data from more than 1,…