Medicare
AHA friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Colorado governor's decision to opt out of Medicares physician supervision requirement for certified registered nurse anesthetists to improve access to care for rural residents.
On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center final rule for calendar year 2012.
The Coalition to Protect America's Health Care tomorrow will launch on December 14, 2011, a national print campaign to urge Congress not to cut billions of dollars from hospital care to pay for a physician payment fix.
The American Hospital Association strongly supports fixing Medicare's flawed physician-payment system but not by further cutting resources for hospital services that seniors depend on. We are deeply disappointed in the plan submitted by House Republicans today that would cut more than $17 billion…
A summary of CMS's physician fee schedule final rule for CY 2012 with changes to the Medicare and other Medicare Part B payment policies.
This Regulatory Advisory highlights CMS's proposed rule to revise the existing Medicare and Medicaid Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals.
Final Rule: Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment And Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems for CY 2012 Summary
The AHA commends Don Berwick's commitment and passion to improving health care. We appreciate his openness to always being willing to listen to the hospital field's perspective on how to deliver better care to patients.
In the August 18 Federal Register, CMS published its fiscal year (FY) 2012 final rule for the inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS. This advisory covers the LTCH provisions in the final rule regulation...
Medicare Shared Savings Program Powerpoint Presentation