HFMA urges support for the Stark Administrative Simplification Act (H.R. 3776)
HFMA urges support for the Stark Administrative Simplification Act (H.R. 3776) introduced by Rep. Charles Boustany, MD, and Rep. Ron Kind.
HFMA Comment Letter: CMS Should Test the Readiness for ICD-10 Implementation
HFMA urges CMS to undertake a comprehensive approach to testing the readiness of the Medicare contractors and state Medicaid agencies for the October 1, 2014, ICD-10 implementation.
HFMA Comments on the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program
HFMA addresses the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in a proactive comment on issues related to the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program.
HFMA Comment Letter to CMS: FY14 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals
HFMA prepared a comment letter on key issues contained in CMS's 2014 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals.
HFMA Comments on Medicare Part B Inpatient Hospital Billing and the RAC Program
HFMA is concerned with aspects of the RAC program that violate many of HFMA’s principles of a reformed payment system. Comments focused on rebilling for medically necessary services and the timeframe.
HFMA Comment Letter: Second Draft of Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal & Reform Proposal
Read HFMA's comments to the chairs of the House of Representatives' Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees and their respective Health Subcommittees on their drafted framework for legislation to replace the SGR.
HFMA Comment Letter: Medicare Program: Request for Information on Clinical Quality Measures Reporting
HFMA comments to CMS on its efforts to simplify requirements for physician quality reporting. HFMA supports efforts to better align CMS policy with HFMA's core payment reform principles.
HFMA’s Comment Letter to CMS on Hospital Value-Based Purchasing
HFMA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the weighting of the HCAHPS domain within the CMS Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program.
HFMA’s Comment Letter on CMS’s Proposed Rule to Delay ICD-10
HFMA prepared a comment on the CMS proposal to change the compliance date for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS medical data code sets that was published in the April 17, 2012, Federal Register.
HFMA Proactively Comments on the CMS Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
HFMA urged CMS to take that steps to provide data related to readmissions, align financial incentives across the care continuum, and change how excess readmissions are defined and calculated.