Medicare
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…
The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 contained new electronic prescribing \(eRx\) incentives that offer a 2 percent additional payment for outpatient physician eRx in 2009. The Medicare physician fee schedule final rule for 2009, published in the November 19 Federal…
On October 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) final rule for calendar year 2009.
The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor \(RAC\) program is authorized by Congress to identify improper Medicare payments - both overpayments and underpayments. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) recently reported that RACs collected 92.7 million in overpayments during the three…
Statement of the American Hospital Association before the Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health of the U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on Medicare's Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies \(DMEPOS\) Competitive Bidding Program, May 6, 2008.
Statement of the American Hospital Association before the Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health of the U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on Medicare's Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies \(DMEPOS\) Competitive Bidding Program, May 6, 2008.
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.
The Department of Health and Human Services \(HHS\) recently released its report to Congress on value-based purchasing.
Physician fee schedule final rule also released
Changes contained in the final fiscal year \(FY\) 2008 Medicare inpatientprospective payment system \(PPS\) rule released August 1 by the Centers forMedicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) will take effect on Monday, October 1.