Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on Jan. 13 published a proposed definition of ")meaningful use") of electronic health records \(EHRs\). This rule would be used to determine which hospitals are eligible for health information technology \(HIT\) incentive payments under…
After a week of debate, the Senate has zeroed in on its version of an economic recovery bill \(The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act\).
Among the top priorities of the new Administration and Congress is the enactment of a legislative package aimed at stimulating the nation's ailing economy. The AHA has been working hard to ensure that issues important to hospitals are included in such a bill.
Hospitals play a vital role in our nation’s communities, not only for the health care they provide, but also for the economic contribution they make. Hospitals are not immune to the effects of economic downturns. When the economy weakens, hospitals see fewer elective cases, provide more charity…
President Bush today in his fiscal year 2008 federal budget proposed cutting 5.8 billion over the next five years from Medicare and 5.7 billion from Medicaid. A detailed breakdown of the impact on the Medicare and Medicaid programs is available on the AHA.org web site.
Physician fee schedule final rule also released
Congressional and White House negotiators reportedly struck a deal last night on the supplemental appropriations bill for the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A summary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services's position on the health care debate as of April 17, 2007