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AHA Issues: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program
Web site
Description of the Rural Community Hospital (RCH) Demonstration Program, which examines the use of RCHs to provide Medicare covered inpatient hospital services in rural areas. Includes links to program transmittals and regulations.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association

AHA Issues: Rural Health Care
Web site
Information on American Hospital Association (AHA) advocacy activities related to rural hospitals. Includes news, resources, and more.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association

AHA Quality Center
Web site
A resource of the AHA to help hospitals accelerate their quality and performance improvement processes.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association

AHA Section for Small or Rural Hospitals
Web site
Information on American Hospital Association (AHA) advocacy activities on behalf of small and rural hospitals. Includes information about the Section, advocacy activities, publications, and other resources.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association

AHAData.com
Web site
Provides customized reports (for a fee) about U.S. hospitals, health care systems, and networks.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association

Balanced Scorecard Tools and Resources
Web site
Resources for the implementation of the Balanced Scorecard (BSc) in health care organizations.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Resource Center

CMS Hospitals Center
Web site
Contains Medicare manuals, forms, and regulations for hospitals.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CMS Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC)
Web site
Provides information on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) project, implementation strategies, who the RACs are, RAC jurisdictions, RAC expansion and provider outreach schedules, and FAQs.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Eligible ZIP Codes for Enhanced Medicare Rural Ambulance and Lab Reimbursement
Web site
A national fee schedule for ambulance services, effective for claims with dates of service on or after April 1, 2002. Applies to all ambulance services, including volunteer, municipal, private, independent, and institutional providers, such as hospitals, critical access hospitals (except when it is the only ambulance service within 35 miles), and skilled nursing facilities.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

HCUPnet
Database
Online query tool for accessing Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data. Provides access to health statistics and information on hospital stays at the national, regional, and State level. Includes data on rural hospital diagnoses and procedures.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

HealthCare Volunteer
Database
Searchable database of health care volunteering opportunities in the United States and abroad. Individuals can search for volunteer opportunities and organizations can use the site to seek health care volunteers.

Innovators' Guide to Navigating CMS
Web site
Assist stakeholders in understanding the processes used to determine coverage, coding, and payment for new technologies under the Medicare fee-for-service program. Guide is intended as a general summary.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Medicare Contracting Reform
Web site
Information and resources concerning the Part A/Part B Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), which will replace the current fiscal intermediaries and carriers and handle administration of both the Medicare Part A and Part B programs in specified geographic regions.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Preparedness Resources for Healthcare Facilities
Web site
Serves as an online resource center designed to help hospitals and health care facilities improve preparedness for disasters and large-scale emergencies.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Rural Health Research: Hospitals and clinics
Web site
Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of hospitals and clinics, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Research Gateway

Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Education and Training Gateway
Web site
Lists distance and web-based educational resources for rural hospitals.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Resource Center

TeamSTEPPS Tools and Materials
Web site
Is an evidence-based teamwork system aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving teamwork skills among health care professionals. It includes a comprehensive set of ready-to-use materials and training curricula necessary to integrate teamwork principles successfully into your health care system.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

UND Center for Rural Health Communication Toolkit
Web site
Provides resources and guidance to help rural health care facilities and organizations promote their services and organizations through the media.
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health

Funding

Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Grants
Awards grants in the areas of higher education, social services, health and hospitals.

Health Care Disparities Grant Program
Grants to improve the quality of health care delivered to low-income and minority Americans, and to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities.

Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders
This initiative aims to enhance the leadership capacity of community-based nonprofit health organizations serving vulnerable populations.

Nurse Education, Practice and Retention (NEPR)
Grants to strengthen the capacity for basic nurse education and practice and address the shortage of nurses in the health care workforce.

Sojourns Pathway Program: Hospital-Based Palliative Care Implementation Grants
Funding for nonprofit or public hospitals with 100 or more beds that do not offer a formal palliative care program.

Sojourns Pathway Program: Hospital-Based Palliative Care Implementation Grants
Funding for nonprofit or public hospitals with 100 or more beds that do not offer a formal palliative care program.

Sojourns Pathway Program: Hospital-Based Palliative Care Innovation Grants
Grants to respond to unmet, local palliative care needs through new or expanded community partnerships.

State and Regional Primary Care Association (PCA) Cooperative Agreement (Limited Competition)
Supports the capacity of state and regional primary care associations to provide technical assistance to health centers.

USAC Rural Health Care Service Discounts
Provides discounts to rural health care providers to obtain Internet and telecommunications access.

William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas.

Inactive Funding

Inactive Funding Opportunities - Lists additional funding programs for this topic that are not currently accepting applications. Programs that are inactive may be offered again in the future.

Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents

2008 Rural Hospital Renovation Study
Author(s): Bill Wilson
Summarizes the results of a survey on the impact of community hospital renovations on health care delivery and recruiting.
Date: 10 / 2008

340B Drug Pricing Program: Results of a Survey of Eligible but Non-Participating Rural Hospitals
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin, Marianne Baernholdt, Claudia Schur, Karen Cheung
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)
Summarizes the results of a survey of pharmacy directors at rural hospitals eligible to participate in the 340B program but identified as not participating at the time of the survey. The purpose of this study was to understand why rural hospitals that are eligible for the program are not participating and to determine whether there are specific program features that present barriers to participation.
Date: 01 / 2007

340B Drug Pricing Program: Results of a Survey of Participating Hospitals
Author(s): Claudia Schur, Karen Cheung, Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin, Marianne Baernholdt
Presents the results of a survey of pharmacy directors at rural hospitals currently buying discounted outpatient drugs through the 340B program. The purpose was to understand the perspectives of pharmacy directors on the 340B program in general, the financial impact of the program, and which specific program features presented barriers to its broader implementation. A joint paper from the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis and North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center.
Date: 05 / 2007

Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System: Fact Sheet
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Provides general information about the Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) including IPPS payment rates and how IPPS payment rates are set.
Date: 01 / 2009

Assessing the Financial Effect of Medicare Payment on Rural Hospitals: Does the Source of Data Change the Results?
Author(s): Li-Wu Chen, Susan Puumala, Keith J. Mueller, Liyan Xu, Kathy Minikus, Catherine Makhanu,
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Describes how predictions of changes in hospital financial performance as a result of change in Medicare payment differ when comparing results using data from the Medicare Cost Report (MCR) to results using data from the audited hospital financial statement.
Date: 11 / 2005

Balanced Scorecards for Small Rural Hospitals: Concept Overview and Implementation Guidance
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Describes the process of implementing a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) initiative in a small rural hospital setting. Includes a Balanced Scorecard example. Lists common terminology with definitions.
Date: 2005

Beyond Health Care: The Economic Contribution of Hospitals
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
Discusses economic impact of hospitals to communities, including rural communities.
Date: 04 / 2008

CEO Recruitment Guide: Practical Step-by-Step Information for Recruiting a Hospital Administrator
Author(s): Linda Powell, Dave Berk, Rural Health Financial Services
Provides practical advice and tools to recruit a qualified hospital administrator or chief executive officer.
Date: 2001

Community Leader's Guide to Hospital Finance: Evaluating How a Hospital Gets and Spends Its Money
Author(s): Sarah Gunther Lane, Elizabeth Longstreth, Victoria Nixon
Sponsoring organization: Harvard School of Public Health
A guide to hospital finance that provides: a vocabulary to help you understand information about a hospital's financial performance; tools that can be used to evaluate a hospital's charitable commitment to the community; and, tips on how groups can engage hospital leadership in meaningful discussions of hospital financial performance.
Date: 2001

Conducting Hospital Employee Satisfaction Surveys: Practical Step-by-Step Information for Assessing Employee Perceptions
Author(s): Linda Powell, Mountain States Group
Overview of how to conduct a hospital employee satisfaction survey. Includes a sample survey and discusses how to administer the survey and report the results.
Date: 2001

Corporate Responsibility and Health Care Quality: A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors
Author(s): Arianne N. Callender, Douglas A. Hastings, Michael C. Hemsley, Lewis Morris, Michael W. Peregrine
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Resource guide designed to help health care organization boards ask appropriate questions related to health care quality requirements, measurement tools, and reporting requirements.
Date: 2007

Cracks in the Foundation - Averting a Crisis in America's Hospitals
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
Discusses a number of critical issues affecting hospitals including: worker shortages, emergency department overcrowding, regulatory burdens, rapidly rising costs, growing number of uninsured people, and payment shortfalls for Medicare and Medicaid government programs.
Date: 08 / 2002

Critical Access Hospital Fact Sheet
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Provides information about Critical Access Hospital (CAH) providers; CAH designation; CAH payments; reasonable cost payment principles that do not apply to CAHs; election of Standard Payment Method or Optional (Elective) Payment Method; Medicare Rural Pass-Through funding for certain anesthesia services; Health Professional Shortage Area Incentive payments; Physician Scarcity Area Bonus payments; Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 provisions that impact CAHs; and grants to states under the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
Date: 04 / 2009

Does Hospital Size Affect Our Ability to Accurately Identify High Quality Care in Pay-for-Performance Programs?
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Discusses the issue that smaller hospitals experience much greater variability in performance scores as a result of statistical sampling characteristics than larger hospitals.
Date: 05 / 2007

Economic Crisis: The Toll on the Patients and Communities Hospitals Serve
Author(s): American Hospital Association
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
Interprets the results of an AHA survey of 1,078 U.S. community hospitals conducted in March 2009 about the effects of the economic downturn on patients and providers.
Date: 04 / 2009

Far From the City: Community Orientation and Responsiveness of Rural Hospitals
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Reports the findings of a national study focused on variation in hospital community orientation and responsiveness across differing rural contexts.
Date: 05 / 2008

Financing Facilities During Today's Credit Crisis
Sponsoring organization: Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access
Describes how rural healthcare entities can improve their chance of successfully securing financing for construction, expansion or remodeling projects during the current economic crisis.
Date: 2009

Focus on Health Care Finance White Paper II: Financing Options for Nonprofit Small and Rural Hospitals
Author(s): Thomas R. Green
Sponsoring organization: Lancaster Pollard
Outlines several programs and financial options available to non-profit community and rural hospitals. Discusses a hospital's strategic plan for future and financial operations.
Date: 05 / 2009

Hospital Language Services for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: Results From a National Survey
Author(s): Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Julie Yonek, Debra Pierce, Ray Kang, Cynthia Hedges Greising
This report describes current practices, common barriers, and the specific resources and tools needed to provide language services to patients with LEP. The results of the survey will inform federal policymakers, practitioners, providers, and others of the issues and potential solutions facing hospitals as they work to improve language services for all patients with LEP.
Date: 10 / 2006

Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Provides general information about the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System, ambulatory payment classifications, and how payment rates are set.
Date: 01 / 2009

Hospital Quality Improvement: Strategies and Lessons From U.S. Hospitals
Author(s): S. Silow-Carroll, T. Alteras, J. A. Meyer
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Focuses on the dynamics of hospital performance: how hospitals achieve and sustain improvements over time.
Date: 04 / 2007

Hospital Size, Uncertainty and Pay-for-Performance
Author(s): Gestur Davidson, Ira Moscovice, Denise Remus
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Discusses hospital quality issues, hospital size, and pay-for-performance.
Date: 02 / 2007

How Will Elimination of Hospital Bad Debt Reimbursement Affect Rural PPS Hospitals?
Author(s): Janet P. Sutton, Alene Kennedy, Lucia Hammer, Grace Yang
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Policy brief examining the financial effect that changes in current Medicare bad debt payment policy, as proposed in the FY2007 budget, might have on rural hospitals.
Date: 07 / 2007

Implementation of Pay-For-Performance in Rural Hospitals: Lessons from the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project
Author(s): Walter Gregg, Ira Moscovice, Denise Remus
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Reports the findings of a national study designed to identify institutional, organizational, and environmental factors that influence the experience of rural hospitals in the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project.
Date: 09 / 2006

Implementing A New USDA Rural Development Program Targeting Small Rural Hospitals and Their Communities: Recommendations of the RUPRI Health Panel
Author(s): Andrew F. Coburn, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller, Rebecca T. Slifkin, Mary K. Wakefield
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Lists recommendations for implementing a new USDA Rural Development program, included in the Senate Farm Bill proposal, should it be enacted into law. The goal of this program is to strengthen rural health care delivery systems, to provide necessary health care services to rural residents in a cost-effective manner.
Date: 03 / 2008

Market Survey Construction Kit: Practical Step-by-Step Information for Assessing Community Perceptions About Local Health Care Services
Author(s): Linda Powell, Mountain States Group
Guide for conducting a market survey of local residents' utilization of, attitudes toward and satisfaction with local hospital and health care services. Includes a sample survey and guidelines for conducting and reporting the results from the survey.
Date: 2000

Measuring Efficiency: The Association of Hospital Costs and Quality of Care
Author(s): Ashish K. Jha, E. John Orav, Allen Dobson, Robert A. Book, Arnold M. Epstein
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Reviews a study exploring the relationship between cost and quality of care in more than 3,700 U.S. hospitals, including rural hospitals, treating Medicare patients.
Date: 05 / 2009

Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital Fact Sheet
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Overviews the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital adjustment provision and lists how a hospital can qualify to receive it.
Date: 04 / 2009

Medicare Payment Basics: Hospital Acute Inpatient Services Payment System
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Overview of Medicare payments to hospitals for acute inpatient care. Include information on Medicare payments for medical education, payments to disproportionate share (DSH) hospitals, and special payments for rural hospitals.
Date: 10 / 2008

Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2008 Rates; Final Rule
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs. Implements certain provisions made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–171), the Medicare Improvements and Extension Act under Division B, Title I of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109–432), and the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (Pub. L. 109–417). In the Addendum to this final rule with comment period, describes changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the rates for Medicare hospital inpatient services for operating costs and capital-related costs.
Journal citation: Federal Register Volume 72 Issue 162 Pages: 47129-48175
Date: 08 / 2007

National Rural Hospital Charges Due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Author(s): Li-Wu Chen, Wanqing Zhang, Junfeng Sun, Keith J. Mueller
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Documents the national magnitude of charges associated with hospitalizations due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions in rural hospitals.
Date: 12 / 2007

New Hospital Information Technology: Is it Helping to Improve Quality?
Author(s): Suzanne Felt-Lisk
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Study included a nationally representative survey of hospitals that asked senior hospital executives whether clinicians use six specific types of information technology (IT). The survey also assessed whether IT had advanced quality of care, and if so, the most important ways in which it had done so.
Date: 05 / 2006

Performance Management: Improving and Sustaining Performance in Rural Hospitals
Author(s): Terry J. Hill
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
Outlines strategies and frameworks for overcoming obstacles in order to maintain financial stability for small rural hospitals and to establish sustainable health systems for the future.
Journal citation: Rural Minnesota Journal Volume 2 Issue 2
Date: 2007

Potentially Preventable Readmissions in Rural Hospitals (Policy Brief)
Author(s): Marilyn G. Klug, Kyle Muus, Michelle Casey, Ira Moscovice
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Examines potentially preventable readmission rates for rural and urban hospitals, and discusses the rural implications of policy initiatives to reduce readmission rates.
Date: 08 / 2009

Prevalence of Evidence-Based Safe Medication Practices in Small Rural Hospitals
Author(s): Gary Cochran, Katherine Jones, Liyan Xu, Keith Mueller
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Describes the prevalence of evidence-based safe medication practices, including the use of voluntary medication error reporting, in small rural hospitals.
Date: 04 / 2008

Primer on Interpreting Hospital Margins
Author(s): Kathleen Dalton, Rebecca Slifkin
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)
Explains the most commonly used measures of hospital profitability, and how they are used to inform policy changes. Particular emphasis on the different formulas as they impact rural versus urban hospital figures.
Date: 07 / 2003

Regional Variation in Rural Hospital Charges Due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Author(s): Li-Wu Chen, Wanqing Zhang, Junfeng Sun, Keith J. Mueller
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Estimates and documents the regional magnitude of charges associated with hospitalizations due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions in rural hospitals.
Date: 12 / 2007

Report to Congress: Plan to Implement a Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Report focuses on Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospitals, lays out a framework for value-based purchasing programs and discusses rural challenges.
Date: 11 / 2007

Rural Hospitals' Strategies for Achieving Compliance with HIPAA Privacy Requirements
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Discusses a survey of hospital administrators in rural areas regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Includes an overview of HIPAA compliance efforts in rural hospitals, as well as examples of specific strategies to meet HIPAA requirements.
Date: 03 / 2004

Rural Perspective Regarding Regulations Implementing Titles I and II of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act Of 2003 (MMA)
Author(s): Curt Mueller, Keith Mueller, Janet Sutton
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Identifies sections of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) that might be of special concern to rural Medicare beneficiaries, medical care providers, and policymakers. Includes guidance regarding provisions in the Proposed Rule "Establishment of the Medicare Advantage Program," which implements Title II of the MMA, with a focus on its impact on rural health service delivery.
Date: 08 / 2004

Rural Referral Center Fact Sheet
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Overview of the Rural Referral Center program, which supports high-volume rural hospitals that treat a large number of complicated cases.
Date: 02 / 2008

Sole Community Hospital Fact Sheet
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
A general summary about Sole Community Hospitals that includes a list of helpful rural Health websites.
Date: 04 / 2009

Teaching Hospitals: Their Impact on Patients and the Future Health Care Workforce
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
Provides details about the role America's teaching hospitals play in the nation's health care system, arguing that in addition to training future physicians and health professionals, teaching hospitals conduct lifesaving research and provide specialized services not offered at other facilities. Also argues that teaching hospitals are major economic engines in their communities, directly employing 2.7 million people and contributing more than $1 trillion to the economy in 2007.
Date: 09 / 2009

Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Reviews the case for evidence-based hospital design and how it increases patient and staff satisfaction and safety, quality of care, and employee retention, and results in a positive return on investment.
Date: 09 / 2007

Understanding the Role of the Rural Hospital Emergency Department in Responding to Bioterrorist Attacks and Other Emergencies: A Review of the Literature and Guide to the Issues
Author(s): Claudia L. Schur
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Overview of bioterrorism preparedness issues facing rural hospitals, including physical capacity, sufficiency of health personnel, preparedness plans, disease surveillance systems, and communication/coordination. Detailed review of the literature, with discussion.
Date: 04 / 2004

Journals

AHA News
Bi-weekly news pertaining to hospitals throughout the United States. Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association

AHA Small or Rural Hospitals Update
Newsletter of the AHA Section on Small or Rural Hospitals. Includes updates on legislation and regulatory issues of interest to rural hospitals. Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association

Organizations

American College of Small or Rural Healthcare (ACSRH)
National organization
Part of the American Academy of Medical Administrators (AAMA). A shared interest group that focuses on the special needs and interests of small or rural healthcare organizations.

American Hospital Association (AHA)
National organization
Represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, patients and communities.

Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC)
Federal government
Supports access to primary care services. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Delta Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Project (RHPI)
Federal government
Brings technical expertise, information and business tools to small rural hospitals in the Mississippi Delta.

National Health Service Corps (NHSC)
Federal government
Works to improve the health of the underserved by recruiting and retaining the health professionals to deliver health care in underserved communities. Provides technical assistance to federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) on projects that enhance the NHSC's site development mission. Part of the Bureau of Health Professionals, Health Resources and Services Administration.

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News
Nov 6, 2009 -- CMS to Host Call on H1N1 Waivers

Nov 2, 2009 -- HHS Strengthens HIPAA Enforcement

Nov 2, 2009 -- CMS Adopt Policy, Payment Rate Changes for Services in Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers for 2010

Oct 30, 2009 -- President and HHS Secretary Declare National Emergency for H1N1 Outbreak

Oct 27, 2009 -- Hospitals That Care for Poor Patients Face Digital Divide Without Federal Help

Oct 27, 2009 -- Rural Health Providers Improve Health of Economy, not Just Patients

Oct 23, 2009 -- Medicare Program; Criteria for Medicare Coverage of Inpatient Hospital Rehabilitation Services; Rescission of Ruling

Oct 22, 2009 -- Notice; Medicare Program; Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts for Calendar Year 2010

Oct 22, 2009 -- Notice: Medicare Program; Part A Premium for Calendar Year 2010 for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement

Oct 21, 2009 -- The Uneven Cost of Rural Health Care

Oct 20, 2009 -- CDC Urges Antiviral Use for All Hospitalized Patients with Suspected Flu

Oct 19, 2009 -- CMS Announces 2010 Medicare Premiums and Deductibles

Oct 8, 2009 -- Doctors, Hospitals Lag in Going Digital with Medical Records, Sebelius Says in KC

Oct 8, 2009 -- New State Health Care Scorecard Finds Wide Differences in Access, Quality, Avoidable Hospitalization and Cost Across States; Persistent, Growing Disparities Underscore Need for National Reform

Oct 8, 2009 -- For H1N1 Outbreak, Too Few Hospital Beds

Oct 7, 2009 -- Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and Fiscal Year 2010 Rates and to the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Rate Year 2010 Rates; Corrections

Oct 1, 2009 -- Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2010; Correction to Final Rule

Sep 29, 2009 -- AHA Releases Issue Brief on Role of Teaching Hospitals

Sep 24, 2009 -- Groups Issue Guidelines for Pediatric Care in EDs

Sep 17, 2009 -- Notice; Multifamily Mortgage Insurance Premiums (MIPs) and Credit Subsidy Obligations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010

Sep 10, 2009 -- Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Takes Aim at Patient Safety Failures

Sep 8, 2009 -- Paying Less for Better Health Care?

Events
Nov 10, 2009
CMS Conference Call on Section 1135 Waivers
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
2pm‐3pm Eastern
Call: 1.800.837.1935
Conference ID: 3H1N1
Conference Call Only

Nov 19, 2009
CMS Hospital & Hospital Quality Open Door Forum
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
2:00 PM Eastern
To participate by phone: Dial: 1.800.837.1935
Reference Conference ID: 34708559
Persons participating by phone do not need to RSVP.
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
Washington, DC

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