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  The following is a compilation of recent news from the AHA and its Post-acute Care Team, whose focus is to ensure post-acute care facilities', hospitals’ and health systems’ unique needs are national priorities.
  
  The AHA urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to update payment recommendations for hospitals, post-acute care facilities and physicians in advance of the commission's Jan. 16 public meeting. AHA urged MedPAC to issue a higher update than the current-law market basket update plus an…  
  Your guide to the latest post-acute care news and resourcesYour guide to the latest post-acute care news and resourcesThe following is a compilation of recent news from the AHA and its Post-Acute Care Team, whose focus is to ensure post-acute care facilities', hospitals’ and health systems’ unique…  
  Your guide to the latest post-acute care news and resources
  
  A compilation of recent news from the AHA and its Post-Acute Care Team, whose focus is to ensure post-acute care facilities', hospitals’ and health systems’ unique needs are national priorities.
  
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  A report released Oct. 17 by the Senate Homeland Security Committee’s investigative subcommittee scrutinizes some of the nation's largest Medicare Advantage insurers for their use of prior authorization and high rates of denials for certain types of care. 
  
  The AHA Sept. 17 urged the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General to further scrutinize policies and practices by certain Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) that impede patient access to post-acute care and circumvent rules designed to ensure access and coverage…  
  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Aug. 1 finalized a new mandatory payment model that will bundle payment to acute care hospitals for five types of surgical episodes.
  
