Search Results

The default setting for search results displays All Content. If you prefer to see recent content only, please adjust the date filter.

217 Results Found

CMS announces 2020 Part D model, changes to MA value-based model

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation today announced a new payment model for Medicare

Senate hearing examines role of primary care in reducing costs

The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee today held a hearing to examine how primary care affects health care costs and outcomes.

AHA participates in HHS-HRSA Rural Health Summit

AHA staff participated this afternoon in a Rural Health Summit convened by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Health Resources and Services Administration Administrator George Sigoun

How hospitals are strengthening the care continuum with telehealth and shared processes

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health makes remote consultations available via mobile carts in 34 medical specialties, and Columbus (Neb.) Community Hospital employs interdisciplinary teams to strengthen communications with providers inside and outside of the hospital. Read these AHA Value Initiative case studies to learn more. 

How hospitals and health systems are using telehealth in rural areas

The University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Medical University of South Carolina have embraced underserved communities with robust telehealth programs; and two factions of Northern Light Health in Maine have made dramatic improvements in preventive and psychiatric care by using telehealth programs.

Agencies recommend actions to promote health care competition

The departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor today released a report to the president identifying actions that states or the federal government could take to promote choice and competition in the health care market, as requested by the president in an executive order last October

Study: Physician telemedicine use still the exception rather than the rule

About 15 percent of physicians in 2016 worked in practices that used telemedicine to interact with patients, while 11 percent worked in practices that used it to interact with health care professionals.

AHA voices support for CMS proposal to expand MA telehealth benefits

Commenting today on proposed policy changes for Medicare Advantage plan years 2020 and 2021, AHA expressed strong support for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ flexible approach to expanding MA telehealth benefits, as authorized by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

CMS releases final rule on Medicare Shared Savings Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a rule finalizing changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including to the structure of payments made to accountable care organizations and other aspects of participation in the MSSP.

Senate hearing highlights FCC efforts to expand broadband, telehealth

Testifying at a Senate hearing today on Federal Communications Commission policies and oversight, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai highlighted the agency’s recent actions to expand access to broadband and telehealth.