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Hospital leaders today briefed congressional staff on the important role that Medicare’s support for graduate medical education plays in helping teaching hospitals train the next generation o
The AHA today participated in a bipartisan Capitol Hill briefing hosted by the Senate Rural Caucus, chaired by Sens.
The AHA supports a number of provisions in the inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2016, but is concerned about the rule’s cuts to disproportionate share hospit
The Health Resources and Services Administration today released a proposed rule on d
The National Committee on Vital Health Statistics should investigate barriers to greater use of adopted Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act transaction standards and identify soluti
The House Appropriations Committee today released draft legislation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will conduct in July a “dry run” of a new outpatient colonoscopy measure for the hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical center qual
Hospital leaders today briefed congressional staff on the important role that Medicare’s support for graduate medical education (GME) plays in helping teaching hospitals train the next genera
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law today held a hearing on the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act, AHA-suppor
The AHA supports a number of provisions in the inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for fiscal year 2016, but is concerned about the rule’s cuts to disproportionate share
The AHA today expressed serious concern with certain aspects of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal for implementing a site-neutral payment component to the Long-Term C
One in five Medicaid beneficiaries had a behavioral health condition in 2011, and these individuals accounted for almost half of total Medicaid expenditures, according to a
The Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services late Friday issued a final r
The Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today launched an online res
Overall hospital prices increased 0.1% in May and were 0.7% higher than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday
The House late yesterday approved legislation, H.R.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is soliciting nominations for its first Learning Action Network work group, which will focus on defining a set of alternative payment model terms an
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced it has selected nine health departments and partner hospitals to serve as regional treatment centers for patients with Ebola or other hig