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AHA to CMS: Proposed physician fee schedule payment cut threatens patient access to care
Commenting on the physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2024, AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work with Congress to eliminate the budget neutrality cut to the payment update, expressing deep concern about the rule’s almost 3.3% proposed cut to reimbursement.
AHA Comments on CMS’s Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2024
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule for calendar year (CY)
2024.
CNO Shares His Pandemic Media Engagement Experience
Kit Bredimus, DNP, RN, CNO of Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, Texas, discusses how he provided updates to the media about the COVID-19 crisis and how individuals could mitigate the spread.
Chair File: Strengthening Emergency Preparedness and Supporting Communities
September is National Preparedness Month. And today marks the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.
Medicare Site-neutral Legislative Proposals Under Consideration Would Jeopardize Access to Care for Patients and Communities
Congress is considering several bills that would impose additional site-neutral payment reductions for services provided in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs). A description of these bills, AHA’s take on the proposals and the potential impact these proposals would have on Medicare reimbursement to hospitals and health systems follow.
SHSMD Conference Presentations & Handouts
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AHA submits comments on CY 2024 OPPS proposed rule, including price transparency
In comments submitted today, AHA expressed strong concern about the proposed hospital outpatient market basket update, noting it “does not capture either the unprecedented inflationary environment or the other persistent financial headwinds hospitals and health systems are experiencing.”
AHA podcast: Lean-ing Toward Greater Efficiency in Daily Practice
Physical therapist Clare Fox with North Country Healthcare in New Hampshire shares with AHA’s Elisa Arespacochaga why she left her native England to pursue her health career dreams in the U.S., and how adopting the Lean Six Sigma process improvement approach has made all the difference.
CMS releases fact sheet on Medicare drug price negotiation process
A new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services fact sheet reviews how the agency selected the first 10 Part D drugs to include in the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, its process for negotiating with the companies that make the drugs, opportunities for public input and key dates for implementation.
988 crisis line adds sign language service
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline now offers American Sign Language services for people who are deaf and hard of hearing, the Department of Health and Human Services announced.