Rural issues
In Critical Condition: The Fragile State of Critical Access Hospitals
Direct Supervision of Hospital Outpatient Therapeutic Services CAH Perspective and Concerns
We are pleased to announce that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently informed the AHA that critical access hospitals (CAHs) will not be subject to the outpatient therapy cap, although the cost of outpatient therapy services provided in CAHs will accrue towards the cap, in…
Today's proposed rule is an important step forward in further reducing burdensome requirements to hospitals. Many of these changes will be particularly welcomed by small and rural hospitals.
On Jan. 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA).
Alvin Hoover, chief executive officer of Kings Daughters Medical Center (KDMC) in Brookhaven, Miss., will lead the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2013.
Medicare policy changes and payment adjustments often have significant and problematic consequences for rural providers. AHA is sensitive to the administrative burden and cost created by rules that fail to consider the unique circumstances of small or rural community hospitals.
Staci Covey, president of Guthrie's Troy Community Hospital in Troy, Pa., will lead the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2012.
AHA Position
Approximately 57 million Americans live in rural areas and depend upon the hospitals in their communities. Remote geographic location, small size, limited workforce, physician shortages and often constrained financial resources pose a unique set of challenges for rural hospitals.…
Medicare Inpatient PPS: The Final Rule for Fiscal Year 2012