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On May 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published in the Federal Register its hospital inpatient and long-term care hospital \(LTCH\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for federal fiscal year \(FY\) 2010.
Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 created new reporting requirements that will apply to many hospitals under the Medicare Secondary Payer \(MSP\) law. Hospitals that self-insure \(as defined by MSP\) their liability or self-fund a workers' compensation plan or a…
As your national representative, the AHA is working to ensure that the needs of hospitals and the communities they serve are reflected in any health care reform legislation that is passed this year.
The AHA today submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on its hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2010. Our 32-page letter details the AHA's views on numerous provisions in the rule, particularly our concerns with…
President Obama on Saturday during his weekly address to the nation announced he will seek nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars in additional cuts from Medicare and Medicaid payments to hospitals to help finance health care reform.
On May 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published Federal Register the Medicare skilled nursing facility \(SNF\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2010.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 6 published in the Federal Register the inpatient rehabilitation facility \(IRF\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2010.
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Signed into law on May 20, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 \(FERA\) is primarily directed at protection against mortgage fraud. However, the FERA also contains several significant expansions of the federal civil False Claims Act \(FCA\), which has not been altered in more than 20…