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Providers to HHS: ACO quality reporting changes create undue burdens – MedCity News
The federal government’s changes to quality reporting rules governing accountable care organizations are receiving pushback on several grounds, including a lack of EHR interoperability. Continue reading
Judge orders AHA to develop Medicare appeal backlog fixes
Boasberg told AHA last week to provide the court with a list of recommendations to cull the backlog by June 22. HHS will have until July 6 to respond to the suggestions. Continue reading
6 hospital implications under the 21st Century Cures Act
Hospitals face implications under the 21st Century Cures Act, despite it’s other provisions supported by the likes of the American Hospital Association. Continue reading
AHA recommends Trump reduce regulatory burden on hospitals
The American Hospital Association has asked President-elect Donald Trump to reduce the regulatory burden on hospitals by cancelling Stage 3 of meaningful use, suspending star ratings and continuing the fight against health insurance mergers in a letter se Continue reading
AHA Sends Second Appeal to Trump
For the second time in three days, on Friday the American Hospital Association has provided President-elect Donald Trump with a lengthy list of requests for regulatory reforms to scale back bureaucratic red tape. Continue reading
AHA Offers HHS Solutions to Reduce Medicare Appeals Backlog
The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently advised the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement three solutions that would significantly reduce the Medicare appeals backlog at the administrative law judge level. Continue reading
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Federal court denies HHS request for delay in Medicare appeals backlog case
A DC federal court trial judge today denied the government’s request to delay further proceedings in a case brought by the AHA and three hospital organizations to compel the Department of Health and Human Services to meet its congressionally mandated dead Continue reading
AHA Critiques Medicare Reimbursement Changes for Home Health
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging CMS to delay outlier provisions and streamline certain medical billing procedures proposed in a recent document aimed at home health facilities. Continue reading
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Proposal to reduce Medicare appeals backlog won’t solve problem
In a letter to HHS’ Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, the American Hospital Association said HHS’ recent proposal to reduce the Medicare appeals backlog at the administrative law judge level is likely “to do little more than scratch the … Continue reading
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Ways and Means Leaders Unveil ‘Helping Hospitals Bill’
House Ways and Means Committee leaders today unveiled the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R. 5273), bipartisan legislation containing numerous provisions affecting hospitals. Continue reading
