The American Hospital Association, along with 13 other organizations, sent a letter to U.S. House and Senate leaders asking them to enact legislation to extend nine Medicare policies that are set to expire on Dec. 31, according to an AHA News Now report.
The organizations wrote in the letter that failure to extend the policies — including geographic adjustments on physician fees, improvements to the hospital wage index, allowing independent labs to bill Medicare directly and bonus payments to ambulance services, among other provisions — would limit access to Medicare beneficiaries in under-served areas.
Read the AHA News Now report on expiring Medicare policies.
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The organizations wrote in the letter that failure to extend the policies — including geographic adjustments on physician fees, improvements to the hospital wage index, allowing independent labs to bill Medicare directly and bonus payments to ambulance services, among other provisions — would limit access to Medicare beneficiaries in under-served areas.
Read the AHA News Now report on expiring Medicare policies.
Read more coverage on the AHA.
- AHA Now Backing Repeal of Independent Payment Advisory Board
- AHA Complains of Overzealous False Claims Enforcement on Spinal Procedure
- AHA Tells CMS of Concerns With Proposed ASC Quality, Cost Reporting Changes