Medicare
Congress must move forward with “bold solutions” to protect Medicare for today’s seniors and preserve the program for future generations, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today told hospital leaders at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C.
This year’s wildly unpredictable presidential campaign and a truncated legislative calendar has Congress less active and more cautious than usual, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels told AHA members today at the 2016 Annual Membership Meeting. Congressional leaders are looking ahead to 2017…
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The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to suspend the pain-related questions in the Value-Based Purchasing Program while the agency works to address concerns the questions may inadvertently contribute to the opioid epidemic. The three questions are part of the Hospital…
CMS late yesterday issued a proposed rule implementing key provisions of the new physician payment system required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
As a strong advocate for the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, the AHA believes the new physician payment programs reflect the transformation happening in health care that hospitals and health systems have already embraced.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline to submit letters of intent to apply to participate in the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model beginning Jan. 1. The new deadline is May 20. Participants in the model take on greater performance risk…
At the urging of hospitals and more than half of both the House and Senate, CMS delayed the launch of their overall star ratings program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health today released data detailing the quality of care received by people with Medicare Advantage by racial or ethnic group.
CMS yesterday issued two rules pertaining to long-term care hospitals.