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Senate bill introduced to remove 96-hour certification requirement for CAHs

Sens. Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Jon Tester (D-MT) today introduced a Senate companion to the Critical Access Hospital Relief Act (S. 258/H.R.

AHA comments on proposed changes to clinician and group CAHPS survey

The AHA Friday applauded the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s proposal to shorten the Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems patient experience surv

CMS issues guidance on physician quality reporting for CAHs, rural health centers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued

Study: Minimum-distance requirements could harm CAHs, rural communities

Requiring critical access hospitals that are less than 15 miles from another hospital to revert to the hospital prospective payment system would generate modest savings for Medicare but likely be d

CMS responds to AHA concern that Hospital Compare update omitted CAH data

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services anticipates that the July update to the Hospital Compare website will include performance data reported voluntarily by critical access hospitals, th

CMS to host webinar on Physician Quality Reporting System for Method II CAHs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host an Oct.

AHA urges CMS to revise documentation requirement for CAH necessary providers

The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow a wider variety of documentation to support a critical access hospital’s necessary provider designation, consistent wit

CMS revises documentation requirement for CAH necessary providers

As urged by AHA, states may immediately use alternative ways to document that a critical access hospital is a “necessary provider,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today

Study: CAH surgical outcomes at least as good as other hospitals

Medicare patients admitted to critical access hospitals for common surgical procedures are no more likely to die within 30 days than similar patients at other hospitals and have lower complication

Proposed rule would update Medicare, Medicaid CoPs for hospitals and CAHs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued a proposed rule t