Hospitals Not Using Observation Status to Avoid Readmissions Penalties
Hospitals are not moving returning patients to observation status to [...]
NAUH Reiterates Call for Readmissions Program Risk Adjustment
In a letter to the chairmen of the House Ways [...]
NAUH Weighs in on New Medicare Site-Neutral Payment Law
Last November Congress passed a law that established a new, [...]
Court to Hear RAC Audit Suit
A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court decision [...]
President Proposes FY 2017 Budget
That budget proposal calls for numerous cuts in Medicare payments [...]
Congress Open to Revisiting Medicare Site-Neutral Outpatient Payments?
Conceding that Congress “…has received a large amount of feedback” [...]
CMS Proposes Changes in Medicare ACO Benchmarking
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a [...]
Feds Issue Guidance on Reducing Medicare Readmissions
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a [...]
Challenges In Determining Effectiveness of Dual-Eligible Programs
The federal government is encountering challenges in evaluating the effectiveness [...]
Report on Social Risk Factors in Medicare Payments
As Medicare continues to move toward making provider payments based [...]
