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5/2/2013 Members Only
  • Letter from the Chair 3
  • AMRPA Legislative Update 4
  • Impact of “Entitlement” Program Budget Proposals on People with Disabilities 6President and MedPAC Turn Their Attention to Proposals for Post-Acute Care Bundling 8
  • Physician Documentation Tips 11
  • Highlights of President Obama’s Proposed FY 2014 Budget 12
  • WellSpan Tells the Story of How A Pennsylvania Man Became an Advocate for Change 16
  • AMRPA Award Press Release 18
  • Tavenner Letter of Support 19
  • SGR Repeal Revised Framework Comments 20
  • AMRPA Medical Necessity Workgroup Seeks to Assist Members in
  • Preventing and Responding to Audits 23
  • CMS Issues 2014 MA Rates, Payment Polices for Part D and Final Call Letter 24
  • HHS Final Rule Guarantees 100 Percent Funding For New Medicaid Beneficiaries under the ACA 25
  • CMS Posts 2014 Meaningful Use Eligible Hospital CQM Update 26
  • Clinical Quality Measures Finalized For Eligible Hospitals And Critical
  • Access Hospitals Beginning With Fy 2014 28
  • FDA Proposes New Requirement for Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants 36
  • Report Recommends Ways to Ensure Seamless Transitions to Medicare 38
  • Reps. Graves Bill Seeks To Improve Medicare Audit System 39
  • Medicare Participating Post-Acute Care Providers as of 2013 40
  • CDC Data Brief: Alzheimer’s Disease Mortality from 2000-2010 in the U.S. 42
  • 2013 Transmittal List 45
  • AMRPA Membership Dues 46
4/2/2013 Members Only
  • Letter from the Chair 3
  • AMRPA Legislative Update 4
  • CMS’s Final Essential Health Benefits Regulation Falls Short 6
  • MedPAC Issues Annual March Report to Congress; Raises Need to Reform Post-acute Care Payment 8
  • AMRPA Members Meet Advocate for the Rehabilitation Field at Annual
  • Spring Executive Forum and Fly-In 12
  • Team Conference 14
  • OIG Examines Connecticut Rehabilitation Unit for Coverage Compliance 15
  • CBO Issues Budget and Economic Outlook Report 17
  • OIG Examines Connecticut Rehabilitation Unit for Coverage Compliance 18
  • CMS Releases Proposed Rule and Ruling on Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals 20
  • ONC Publishes Data Briefs on the Adoption of Health IT by U.S. Hospitals 22
  • SGR Framework Comments 25
  • Employees Plan to Work Longer to Keep Health Coverage, Survey Report Says 27
  • Medicaid Eligibility NPRM Comments 28
  • HHS 2013 Agenda Aims At Lowering Costs and Improving Quality of
  • Care and Requests Assistance on HIE Development 30
  • AHRQ News Corner 31
  • 2013 Transmittal List 33
  • AMRPA Membership Dues 34
3/2/2013 Members Only
  • Letter from the Chair 3
  • AMRPA Legislative Update 4
  • RAC REPORT: New Documents Shed Light on HHS’ Fraud and Abuse Efforts 7
  • CMS Continues to Update IRH/U Manual Information; Claims Processing is Focus of Latest Changes 9
  • Outpatient Revenue Management Suggestions 11
  • Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative Being Tested;
  • Hundreds of Providers Participating Including AMRPA Members 12
  • Report Analyzes Medicare Costs for MA Disenrollees and FFS Stayers During 2007 22
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Issues FY 2011 Report on Medicare
  • and Medicaid Recovery Audit Programs 25
  • The National Quality Forum: Influencing the Medicare Quality Measure Selection Process 27
  • HHS Issues Final Rule Implementing Changes to HIPAA Required by HITECH Act 28
  • AMRPA MMR Recommendations 31
  • Competitive Bidding Program: Round 2 to Undergo Major Expansion This Year 34
  • AHRQ News Corner 36
  • Study Finds Tracheostomy Collars Outperforms Pressure Support in Helping Patients
  • Breathe On Their Own Again 38
  • 2013 Transmittal List 39
  • AMRPA Membership Dues 41
2/2/2013 Members Only
  • Letter from the Chair 3
  • AMRPA Legislative Update 4
  • Report of the AMRPA Consumer and Clinical Affairs Task Force:
  • Medicare Audits, Overpayments, and Appeals: Recent Developments 7
  • CMS Alters State Survey Process for Hospitals Seeking to be
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals and Units 10
  • Resolutions for 2013 11
  • Charting a Course for Value Innovation:
  • Applying Blue Ocean Strategy in a Post-Acute Setting 13
  • New ACOs Announced; 106 Providers Join  16
  • High Prevalence of Chronic Disease Is a Key Contributor
  • to the Growth of Medicare Costs, Researchers Report  18
  • RehabCare Feature 19
  • 113th Congressional Committee Rosters 21
  • CMS Solicits Comments from Hospitals and Vendors
  • on Readiness to Report 2014 Acute Hospital Quality Data 26
  • NCHS Brief Shows Increase in EHR Use Among Office-Based Physicians from 2001-2012 28
  • Less-Experienced Physicians Spend More Money on
  • Patient Care than More-Experienced Physicians, RAND Reports 32
  • AHRQ News Corner 33
  • New NIH-Supported Alzheimer’s Studies to Focus on Innovative Treatments 35
  • 2013 Transmittal List 36
  • AMRPA Membership Dues 37

1/2/2013 Members Only
  • Letter from the Chair 3
  • AMRPA Legislative Update 4
  • Report of the AMRPA Consumer and Clinical Affairs Task Force:
  • HHS Releases Long-Awaited Proposed Rule on Essential Health Benefits 6
  • New Moran Report Shows Continued Decrease in Utilization and Increase in Acuity of Rehabilitation Patients; MedPAC Figures Show Continued Stability in the Sector 8
  • Claims-based Reporting on Functional Status of Patients Required
  • Effective January 1, 2013 for Outpatient Therapy Services 12
  • Managing the Medicare Appeals Process 16
  • Think Tanks Offer Plans to Bend the Health Care Cost Curve and Seek to Protect Beneficiaries 18
  • States Decide Whether or Not to Establish a State-Based Health Insurance Exchange 22
  • Tentative 2013 Legislative Schedule 113th Congress, 1st Session 25
  • GAO Outlines Medicare Fraud and CMS Efforts to Reduce It 26
  • CMS Faces Obstacles in Overseeing the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, OIG Says 29
  • Plan Leaders Examine the Use of Quality Data in Addressing Health Care Disparities 31
  • CMS Publishes FY 2012 Improper Payment Rates and Amounts for Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP 32
  • CDC Brief Examines Hospitalizations for Congestive Heart Failure in the U.S 33
  • 2012 Transmittal List 35
  • AMRPA Membership Dues 37
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