HCFA Prospective Payment Updates Should Cover Implementation Cost - AHA
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission should account for hospitals' compliance costs when advising HCFA on prospective payment rate updates involving new regulations, the American Hospital Association told lawmakers May 9.
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