| Cover Image | Date | PDF file | Headlines |
| 2/3/2012 |
Members Only
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- Letter from the Chair 2
- AMRPA Legislative Update 3
- Report of the AMRPA Consumer and Clinical Affairs Task Force - HHS Issues “Guidance” on Essential Health Benefits Package: Impact on People with Disabilities and Rehabilitation Providers 5
- Yet Again, MedPAC Recommends a Zero Update for Rehabilitation and Long Term Care Hospitals 7
- Fraud and Abuse Reviews of Medicare and Medicaid by the Office of the Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office: Three Recent Reports 11
- Training a New Liaison 15
- AMRPA’s Health Care Reform Corner News 17
- Chronic Conditions among Medicare Beneficiaries – An Overview 18
- REMINDER: CMS Finalizes Three-Day Window Payment Policy Regarding Wholly Owned And Wholly Operated Entities 20
- U.S. Health Spending Growth Remains Slow for Second Consecutive Year 22
- CMS Expands Coverage of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Services 24
- NCHS Brief Highlights the Increased Role of PAs and APNs in HOPDs over the Past Decade 26
- NIH Study Offers Unique Look at Seizures through Ultrathin Brain Implant 29
- 2012 Transmittal List 31
- AMRPA Membership Dues 34
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| 1/6/2012 |
Members Only
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- Letter from the Chair 2
- AMRPA Leads National Campaign to Protect Rehabilitation Services 3
- AMRPA Legislative Update 7
- CMS Modifies Shared Savings Program in Final Rule 10
- State High-Risk Pools: Helping the Uninsured Gain Access to Health Insurance 15
- Establishing Medical Necessity with the PAS Tool 20
- Most Recent Comprehensive Review of IRH/U Utilization Confirms Sustained Patient Decline 22
- Medicaid Managed Care Provides Cost Savings and Allows for Innovation 23
- Mandated Benefits in Insurance Coverage: A State-Level Analysis 27
- Memo on an Alliance for Health Reform Briefing 29
- MedPac Comment Letter 32
- AMRPA’s Health Care Reform Corner News 37
- AHRQ Brief Examines Components of Growth in Inpatient Hospital Costs, 1997-2009 38
- HHS Expands Initiative to Protect Medicare and Seniors from Fraud 42
- CMS Issues Final Medical Loss Ratio Rule 43
- CMS Expanding DME Competitive Bidding Program in Round 2 45
- Community Based Care Transition Program Sites Announced 47
- CMS Announces 90-Day Enforcement Period for HIPPA Compliance 49
- Knee Replacements Up Dramatically Among Adults 45 To 64 Years Old 50
- Volume of paid outpatient malpractice claims underscores need for greater patient safety efforts 50
- 2012 Transmittal List 51
- Doug Shepherd Memorial 53
- AMRPA Membership Dues 54
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| 12/6/2011 |
Members Only
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- Letter from the Chairman 3
- AMRPA Legislative Update 4
- Despite Super Committee Failure, Members Need to Continue Their Advocacy in Face of Potential Cuts Related to a SGR Solution, Sequestration 6
- Protect Rehabilitation Care Against Any Further Payment Reductions 7
- Rehabilitation Is Not A Medicare Cost-Driver 8
- Report of the AMRPA Consumer and Clinical Affairs Task Force - AMRPA Joins Disability Groups in Protecting the Future of Medicare Rehabilitation 9
- Medicare Issues Final Rule for 2012 Payment Policies and Rates for Providers Paid Under the Physician Fee Schedule 13
- Aligning Team Conference with the CMS Documentation Guidelines 16
- FY 2012 Medicare Prospective Payment Systems Rules Status 17
- RehabCare Group, Inc. 18
- Second RAC Approved for Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital and Unit Medically Complex Review 22
- Medicare Program Issues Proposed Rule Designed to Save Providers and Suppliers Money by Reducing Regulatory Burdens 23
- Medicare Payment Policies and Rates for Outpatient Hospital Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers Released 27
- 2012 Legislative Schedule 29
- CMS Finalizes 2012 Home Health Payment Changes 30
- NIDRR Holds Meeting on Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Research 31
- AHRQ Report Reviews Transition of Care for Stroke and MI Patients 32
- CMS Survey: Medicaid and CHIP Satisfaction Rates are High 34
- 2011 Transmittal List 36
- AMRPA Membership Dues 38
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| 11/7/2011 |
Members Only
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- Letter from the Chairman - 3
- AMRPA Legislative Update - 4
- Report of the AMRPA Consumer and Clinical Affairs Task Force - Medicaid RACs:
- More Challenges on the Horizon - 7
- RAC D Posts First Medically Complex Review Issue for IRH/Us; CMS Sends
- FY 2010 RAC Report to Congress - 11
- Institute of Medicine Releases Report Outlining Criteria by Which Essential Health
- Benefits Should be Established and Updated - 15
- PEPPER Reports Are Out. Now What - 18
- RehabCare Group, Inc - 20
- Dartmouth Institute Explores Readmissions Patterns Over 5 Years - 24
- OIG’s 2012 Work Plan Includes Numerous Priorities Related To IRH/Us - 26
- AMRPA’s Health Care Reform Corner - 30
- IOM Releases Report on Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for Treating Traumatic Brain Injury - 31
- HHS Provides Guidance to States on Maintaining Consumer-Oriented
- Websites on All SNFs and NFs - 32
- NIH Stroke Prevention Trial Has Immediate Implications for Clinical Practice - 34
- New Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative Seeks to Strengthen Primary Care - 36
- Prevalence of Complex Activity Limitations Among Racial/Ethnic Groups and
- Hispanic Subgroups of Adults: United States, 2003–2009 - 37
- 2011 Transmittal List - 40
- AMRPA Membership Dues - 42
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| 10/1/2011 |
Members Only
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- Letter from the Chairman - 3
- AMRPA Legislative Update - 4
- Report of the AMRPA Consumer and Clinical Affairs Task Force -Defining “Rehabilitative and Habilitative Services and Devices” For Exchange Plan Participants - 6
- CMS’ Innovation Center Announces New Bundling Initiative: Another Step from the ACA - 9
- Proposed Regulations Implementing the Affordable Insurance Exchanges Issued - 16
- Recovery Audit Contractors Expanded to Medicaid Program - 21
- RehabCare - 22
- Are You a Medical Director or a Doctor? - 26
- CMS Starts Pilot on Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation for Contractor Reviews - 28
- AMRPA’s Health Care Reform Corner - 30
- 2012 Medicare Advantage Premiums Fall and Projected Enrollment Rises, HHS Announces - 31
- HHS Awards Affordable Care Act Funds for Organizations to Become Community
- Health Centers - 32HRSA Awards $28.3 Million for Children with Special Health Care Needs - 34
- NIH Database Will Speed Research Toward Better Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Of Traumatic Brain Injury - 36
- CMS Announces 2011 Electronic Prescribing (ERX) Incentive Program Final Rule - 37
- Latest AHRQ News - 40
- New Initiative Aims To Prevent 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes In Five Years - 41
- 2011 Transmittal List - 44
- AMRPA Membership Dues - 46
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