AHA Lobbying Against Proposed CMS Payment Cuts
The American Hospital Association is launching a lobbying campaign against CMS' proposed inpatient prospective payment system rule for fiscal year 2011 that would reduce Medicare payments to facilities by 0.1%. The proposed rule would lower hospital Medicare payments by approximately $3.7 billion beginning next year.
- "Hospitals Gear Up To Crush CMS Coding Provision" (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 4/26).