Medicaid
The AHA strongly supports the Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013. It will provide needed oversight of CMS audit contactors and ensure the accuracy of Medicare and Medicaid payments.
Today's hospital bill is a symptom of a broken payment system. Nationally, hospitals deal with over 1,300 insurers, each having different plans, all with multiple and often unique requirements for hospital bills.
Medicaid Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vacci...
This advisory highlights key sections of the final rule implementing an ACA provision that requires states to increase Medicaid payment rates to Medicare levels in 2013 and 2014 for primary care physicians who furnish certain primary care services, and provides 100% federal financing for the two-…
Statement on the Renomination of Marilyn Tavenner, As Administrator of The Centers for Medicare &...
The AHA applauds the renomination of Marilyn Tavenner to serve as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The impending budget crisis is real, and we need to work together to provide financial certainty to our economy. But today's proposal by the House would negatively impact all patients, especially the nation's most vulnerable - children, the poor, elderly and the disabled.
CMS and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently released an interim final rule with comment period that includes revisions to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs and the 2014 Edition Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification Criteria,…
The American Hospital Association commissioned Public Opinion Strategies to conduct a national survey of registered voters to find out what the public thinks about potential funding cuts for Medicare and Medicaid.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published the Medicare and Medicaid Programs Final Rule on Changes in Provider and Supplier Enrollment, Ordering and Certifying, and Documentation Requirements; and Changes in Provider Agreements.
Hospitals are experiencing a significant increase in audit activity by contractors for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires hospitals to meet specified Conditions of Participation (CoPs) in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.