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Rollout Out the RAC Program: Getting Your Members ReadyJanuary 24, 2008 MeetingMeeting Agenda
AHA Critical Access Hospital Member Call on Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors
Discussion of emerging practices in hospital billing and collections and to discuss AHA's principles and guidelines on this topic.
Late yesterday House Democratic and Republican leaders and the White House came to an agreement on an Iraq war spending bill.
CMS on April 25 in the Federal Register published the inpatient rehabilitation facility \(IRF\) prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009. In addition to standard annual updates, the rule would implement the following IRF provisions authorized by Congress in the 2007…
CMS May 7 in the Federal Register published the skilled nursing facility \(SNF\) prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009. In addition to standard annual updates, the rule would implement a significant cut to offset payment increases resulting from a 2006 policy change…
The Joint Commission's Board of Commissioners on Friday agreed to suspend implementation of Standard MS 1.20, which addresses medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, and interaction between medical staff and hospital leadership.
Creating a Fair and Just Workplace - Recent media articles have focused on the disputes and union corporate organizing campaigns occurring in health care.
AHA Special Bulletin: May 23, 2008 regarding the Medicaid Moratorium
The Senate early this afternoon voted 75-22, a veto-proof margin, to approve a domestic spending amendment that includes two key hospital issues: the moratorium on seven Medicaid regulations, and a ban on self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals.