Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services repealed a final rule codifying how it defines 鈥渞easonable and necessary鈥 coverage for items and services furnished under Medicare Parts A and B, as proposed in September. Scheduled to take effect Dec. 15, the rule also provided an expedited Medicare鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released final guidance on hospital co-location with other hospitals or health care facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a webinar Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m. ET on the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule private payor data collection and reporting policies.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule that increases Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.0% in calendar year 2022 compared to 2021.
AHA statement on 2022 OPPS and PFS final rules from Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes.
AHA commented on recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussions on possible approaches to reducing spending on Part B drugs and biologicals, improving alternative payment models, and revising the hospital wage index.
AHA comments on recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussions on possible approaches to reducing spending on Part B drugs and biologicals, improving alternative payment models, and revising the hospital wage index.
The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization model reduced gross Medicare spending in performance years 2016 to 2019 by $667 million (1.2%), according to findings released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Reps. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., and Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., have introduced the Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act (S. 3061/H.R. 5674), AHA-supported legislation that would eliminate the Medicare program鈥檚 190-day lifetime limit on鈥
A coalition of hospital and physician organizations, including the AHA, urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to give Medicare accountable care organizations the option to use pre-pandemic spending benchmarks to set financial targets beginning in performance year 2022.