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CMS updates guidance for assessing hospital compliance with Medicare quality requirement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released updated interpretive guidance for surveyors assessing whether a hospital’s Quality Assessment & Performance Improvement Program complies with Medicare requirements, emphasizing the integral role hospital leadership and governance play in advancing quality improvement throughout the hospital.
AHA-supported Conrad 30 bill reintroduced in Senate
Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., today reintroduced the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act.
Bill would repeal Medicare’s 96-hour rule for critical access hospitals
Reps. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Terri Sewell, D-Ala., today introduced legislation that would repeal a Medicare rule that requires physicians at a Critical Access Hospital to certify that inpatients are likely to be discharged or transferred to another hospital within 96 hours. AHA has urged Congress to pass legislation to permanently remove the requirement.