The Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will have sufficient funds to cover its obligations until 2028, two years earlier than projected last year, according to the latest
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The AHA today expressed support for the Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (H.R. 5547), bipartisan legislation that would promote cost transparency for health care consumers.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday issued a
Hospitals are making some progress to achieve health equity, but more work needs to be done, according to a biennial
Testing for Zika virus infection using real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction molecular assays is now commercially available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Department of Health and Human Services will
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a July 6 call on its final rule
July 1 is the deadline for employers and labor consultants to comply with the Department of Labor’s new “persuader” reporting rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced&n
Cleveland Clinic will receive the AHA Equity of Care Award July 18 at the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed changes to the Payment Error Rate Measurement and Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control programs to reflect how states adjudicate elig
The transitional reinsurance program coinsurance rate will be an estimated 55.1% for the 2015 benefit year, but could be raised if reinsurance contributions exceed requests for payments, the Center
The AHA today took aim at coding guidelines for the inpatient rehabilitation facility’s “60% Rule” presumptive compliance test and quality reporting provisions in comments on the
Commenting on the fiscal year 2017 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, the AHA today encouraged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to fully cons
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week issued an interim plan for responding to l
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a final rule revi
The AHA today voiced support for a number of provisions in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2017, but conce
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to rescind the “25% Rule” in its proposed rule for long-term care hospitals in fiscal year 2017, which may “re