Member
Feb 23, 2004
In December 2003, the AHA sent you a Member Advisory that included two documents designed to help hospitals assist their patients of limited means. The first, ")Hospital Billing and Collections Practices - Statement of Principles and Guidelines by the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital…
Feb 19, 2004
As required under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act, the Department of Homeland Security \(DHS\) in July 2003 issued a final rule implementing a new certification requirement for all non-immigrant alien health care workers - aliens who are in the U.S. on temporary…
Provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act Impacting Outpatient
Feb 4, 2004
In the January 6 Federal Register, CMS issued an interim final rule with a comment period, implementing provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 \(MMA\) that change policies and payment rates for the 2004 hospital outpatient prospective payment system…
Dec 16, 2003
Americas hospitals and their communities have a longstanding bond, and part of that bond is an inherent promise to be there doors open, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, caring for all who walk through your doors, regardless of ability to pay. That bond is threatened by the difficulties and…
Dec 10, 2003
CMS published in the November 7 Federal Register the final rule for the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) for calendar year \(CY\) 2004. In addition to statutory changes for 2004, the rule contains considerable policy changes, such as revisions to the Ambulatory…
NEW MEDICARE COST REPORTING REQUIREMENTS: Hospitals must report information about uncompensated care
Oct 29, 2003
Important changes to the Medicare cost report will require every hospital to report information on the uncompensated care they provide. These changes already are in effect and apply to cost report periods ending on or after April 30, 2003. Because most hospitals file cost reports later in the…
Oct 24, 2003
On September 9, CMS published a proposed rule concerning the 20-year-old 75% Rule for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities \(IRF\). Unfortunately, the agency ignored the concerns of the field by failing to modernize the 75% Rule. The attached Advisory highlights our main critiques of the proposed…
Oct 1, 2003
On September 3, CMS issued final regulations clarifying hospital responsibilities under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act \(EMTALA\), to take effect November 10. They were published in the Federal Register on September 9and can be accessed by clicking ")Compliance") and then ")EMTALA…