Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 30 released Part II of the calendar year 2022 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice.
The AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to immediately withdraw the new condition of participation that threatens to expel hospitals from the Medicare program if they fail to comply with 鈥渇requently changing and confusing鈥 COVID-19 data collection efforts.
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposed revision to the definition of 鈥渞easonable and necessary鈥 for purposes of Medicare coverage determinations. View entire comment letter under Key Resources.
Urge Your Federal Legislators to Pass Legislation Providing Relief from Medicare Sequester in 2021 and for the Duration of the Public Health Emergency.
The AHA, American Medical Association, American Health Care Association and National Association for Home Care & Hospice urged leaders in the U.S. House and Senate to pass legislation that would extend into 2021 and through the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency the鈥
In a letter to congressional leaders today, the AHA, American Medical Association, American Health Care Association, and National Association for Home Care & Hospice said, 鈥淲ithout future sequestration relief, America鈥檚 health care safety net could be at further risk of collapse.
The 黑料正能量 Association, the American Medical Association, the American Health Care Association and the National Association for Home Care and Hospice wrote congressional leaders urging them to extend the congressionally enacted moratorium on the application of the Medicare sequester cuts鈥
AHA, others express concern that persistent high COVID-19 rates will continue to stress the entire health care system and urge Congress to pass legislation that would extend the congressionally-enacted moratorium on the application of the Medicare sequester cuts into 2021 and through the duration鈥
The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization model reduced gross Medicare spending for calendar years 2016 to 2018 by $349 million (0.9%) without increasing preventable hospitalizations or readmissions, according to findings released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released guidance on how it will implement an Aug. 25 interim final rule that makes collecting and reporting COVID-19 data a condition of participation (CoP) for hospitals that participate in Medicare.