Medicare
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today filed a lawsuit to compel the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that its Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) meet statutory deadline for deciding Medicare claim appeals timely.
We applaud the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for providing hospitals with much needed relief in the Medicare rules for medical staffs and governing boards.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today filed two related lawsuits against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) challenging the ill-advised "two-midnight" rule for inpatient admissions that imposes regulatory burdens that could compromise care for seniors.
The AHA supports the cautious exploration of a site-neutral payment policy that applies exclusively to patients who are clinically similar and can safely be treated in either setting.
Passed by the Senate on March 31, President Obama is expected to sign into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA).
We support CMS’s goal for Medicare providers and suppliers to have comprehensive emergency preparedness plans and generally think that CMS has chosen the correct framework for the proposed Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and Conditions for Coverage (CfCs).
The American Hospital Association today announced its support for S. 2082, the Two-Midnight Rule Coordination and Improvement Act of 2014. Introduced today by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Deb Fischer (R-NE), the legislation would delay enforcement of the Medicare inpatient admission and…