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NewsAHA: Medicare cuts to cost 278K hospital jobs
Hospitals should prepare themselves for nearly 278,000 job losses over the next decade because of a potential $61.4 billion in Medicare cuts, according to a new report from the American Hospital Read more...
Providers ask CMS to leave ACO waivers open
Providers are worried over potentially stricter accountable care organization (ACO) waivers the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will soon finalize. CMS and the Office of Inspector Read more...
Providers cheer ACO final rule: Reactions to the revised cut
After delivering severe criticisms when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed rules in the spring, professional medical groups--for the most part--now are Read more...
AHA report: Not all readmissions avoidable, 'ill-suited' quality indicator
Even with national attention on reducing readmissions, a new report from the American Hospital Association indicates that not all readmissions can or should be avoided. In 2009, hospitals began to Read more...
Healthcare consolidation, ACOs questioned on Capitol Hill
Congressional members at a House Ways and Means health subcommittee hearing on Friday were skeptical of the possible side effects of healthcare consolidation and accountable care organizations under Read more...
AHA blasts Medicare, Medicaid cuts to fix deficit
In a letter submitted last week to the U.S. Senate's Finance Committee, the American Hospital Association (AHA) strongly stated its opposition to cuts in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to address Read more...
AHA condemns proposed expanded union disclosures
The Department of Labor (DOL) this week proposed a revised rule to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act that would require employer and labor consultants to disclose agreements with Read more...
AHA rejects ACO fraud and abuse waiver rules
Like other organizations who have called caution to the accountable care organizations (ACO) proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Hospital Read more...
AHA shelled out $4.3 million to influence feds
The American Hospital Association spent $4.3 million to lobby the federal government in Q3 2010, up 11 percent over the amount spent over the same time period in 2009, the Associated Press reports. Read more...
AT&T ForHealth services aim to reduce costs, bolster care
Should AT&T's (NYSE: T) foray into the healthcare sector--announced yesterday, but covered nearly two weeks ago by FierceHealthIT's Neil Versel--prove successful, what exactly does that mean for Read more...
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