Site-Neutral
Aug 1, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 15 released its calendar year (CY) 2023 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) proposed rule that would increase OPPS rates by a net 2.7% in CY 2023 compared to CY 2022.
Sep 10, 2021
As strongly advocated by the AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that it is rescinding prior audit denials for hospitals that had failed to qualify for the “mid-build exception” so that the agency can review the determinations.
Jul 15, 2021
In a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare…
Jul 14, 2021
In a letter to the Centers for Medicare…
May 28, 2021
IN THE
Supreme Court of the United States
_________
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, ET AL.,
Petitioners,
v.
XAVIER BECERRA, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY
AS SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
to the United States Court of Appeals
for the District…
May 28, 2021
The AHA, joined by member hospitals and health systems and other national organizations representing hospitals, filed reply briefs in their petitions asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse appeals court decisions in two important cases for patients and providers.
Apr 14, 2021
Medicare patients who receive care in a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) are more likely to be poorer and have more severe chronic conditions than Medicare patients treated in an independent physician office (IPO), according to a study released today by the AHA. The study also specifically…
Apr 14, 2021
Medicare patients who receive care in a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) are more likely to be poorer and have more severe chronic conditions than Medicare patients treated in an independent physician office (IPO), according to a study released today by the AHA. The study also specifically…
Mar 26, 2021
AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to rescind its recent audit determinations denying hospitals a mid-build exception to site-neutral payment under the 21st Century Cures Act.
Feb 23, 2021
State and regional hospital associations filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting AHA’s request for the U.S. Supreme Court to review two circuit court decisions last July that threaten continued access to care for hospital outpatients in need.