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Aetna Delays, Issues Additional Details on ‘Level of Severity Inpatient Payment’ Policy

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oct. 31 issued a final rule that updates physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2026.
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University of Utah Addresses Health and Social Needs for its Most Complex Patients

Patients with complex medical and social needs are often challenging to treat in a traditional medical encounter.
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Centering Care around “What Matters” to Patients

Marie Cleary-Fishman, Vice President of Clinical Quality speaks with Amy Berman, Senior Program Officer at The John A. Hartford Foundation and Erin Emery-Tiburcio, Associate Professor of Geriatric & Rehabilitation Psychology and Geriatric Medicine at Rush University Medical Center.
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Comparison of Care in Hospital Outpatient Departments and Independent Physician Offices 2011-2019

Comparison of care in hospital outpatient departments and independent physician offices: AHA study reveals why actions implemented by the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten access to care.
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Comparison of Care in Hospital Outpatient Departments and Independent Physician Offices 2019-2024

Site neutral payments may have adverse effects on Medicare patient access to care.

CMS proposes increasing payment rates by 2.6% in CY 2025 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 10 issued a proposed rule that would increase Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.6% in calendar year 2025 compared to 2024. This includes a proposed 3.0% market basket update, offset by a 0.4 percentage point cut for productivity. 
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AHA Statement to Senate Committee on Aging Hearing on Health Care Services

AHA shares the hospital field’s comments on how to reduce health care costs for seniors.

AHA participates in fourth annual Sanford Rural Health Summit

AHA leaders today participated in Sanford Health's fourth annual Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care in Sioux Fa
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Site-Neutral Payment

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