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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to pay explicitly for advanced care planning services under the physician fee schedule will help ensure that Medicare beneficiaries
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw a proposed 3.41% coding cut in its proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system in calendar year 20
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health today released a
The AHA and Association of American Medical Colleges Friday submitted to the U.S.
Join AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. ET for the next AHA members-only Town Hall webcast.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) August 28 ruled that Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., violated the National Labor Relations Act by denying two nurses’ requests for a union representative when they appeared before its nursing peer review committee, and by failing and refusing to provide information requested by the union relating to the peer review process.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting comments through Sept. 14 on its proposed star rating system for overall hospital-level quality.
In a letter published today, the AHA says an Aug.
Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana and Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna “have the very real potential to reduce competition substantially, increase the cost of premiums,
The AHA yesterday called for swift enactment of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act, S.
The two-midnight policy changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services "are a good first step towards resolving some of the problems created by this policy,” wrote AHA E
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to collect additional information from Qualified Health Plans in the individual and small group markets as part of the risk corridors and medi
Medicare claims processing systems are ready to accept ICD-10 claims on Oct.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued draft guidance&nbs
An Arizona court this week upheld a 2013 state law expanding Medicaid coverage to low-income residents under the Affordable Care Act.
The AHA will host a members-only webinar Sept.
The AHA and its Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development affiliate will host a webcast Sept.
The AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance has released a free webinar o
Commenting today on the proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule for FY 2016, AHA said it supports