http://www.kaisernetwork.orgen-us2005 Kaisernetworkhttp://backend.userland.com/rssKaisernetwork Services17Matches for "specialty hospital"Republican Lawmakers Criticize Specialty Hospital Amendment in Supplemental War Appropriations BillTue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=52502info@kaisernetwork.orghttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=52502Four Republican lawmakers on Monday in a letter to the <a href="http://appropriations.senate.gov/" target="_new">Senate Appropriations Committee</a> criticized an amendment to a supplemental war appropriations bill (<a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:h.r.2642:" target="_new">HR 2642</a>) that Senate, House Delay Votes on Supplemental War Appropriations Bills With Provisions To Delay Medicaid RegulationsFri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=52050info@kaisernetwork.orghttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=52050The <a href="http://appropriations.senate.gov/" target="_new">Senate Appropriations Committee </a>on Thursday delayed a scheduled mark up of a $193 billion supplemental war appropriations bill that includes a provision to block for one year seven new Medicaid regulations proposed by the Bush administration, asCMS Announces Proposed Rule That Would Adjust Medicare Inpatient Hospital Payments Based on Severity of Beneficiary's IllnessMon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=44270info@kaisernetwork.orghttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=44270<a href="http://www.cms.hhs.gov/" target="_new">CMS</a> on Friday announced a proposed rule that would increase the Medicare inpatient reimbursement rate for hospitals that report data on quality of care to the agency and base payments on the severity of beneficiaries' illnesses, <a href="http://www.cq.com/corSens. Baucus, Grassley, Rep. Stark Call for Increased Scrutiny of Specialty HospitalsMon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=43346info@kaisernetwork.orghttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=43346Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) on Tuesday said <a href="http://www.cms.hhs.gov/" target="_new">CMS</a> has failed to ensure that patients in physician-owned specialty hospitals receive needed emergency care, <a href="http://www.cq.com/corp/show.do?page=proLawmakers Question CMS on Medicare Reimbursements to Texas Specialty HospitalMon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=42869info@kaisernetwork.orghttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=42869Three lawmakers have asked <a href="http://www.cms.hhs.gov/" target="_new">CMS</a> for information on Medicare reimbursements to <a href="http://www.westtexashospital.com/" target="_new">West Texas Hospital</a>, a physician-owned specialty hospital, during an 18-month moratorium on payments to such facilities CMS Officials Release 2007 Hospital Payment Rates; Ease Changes to Inpatient Hospital ReimbursementsWed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=38880info@kaisernetwork.orghttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=38880<a href="http://www.cms.hhs.gov/" target="_blank">CMS</a> on Tuesday released a "far less dramatic" version of a proposal that would begin to revise Medicare inpatient hospital reimbursements in October, the <a href="http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/08/02/medicare_eases_fee_cuts____and_bostonSens. Grassley, Baucus Criticize CMS on Specialty Hospital Regulation at Finance Committee HearingFri, 19 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=37378info@kaisernetwork.orghttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=37378<a href="http://finance.senate.gov/" target="_blank">Senate Finance Committee</a> Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) at a hearing on Wednesday asked <a href="http://www.cms.hhs.gov/" target="_blank">CMS</a> to increase oversight of specialty hospitals, <a href="http://wwAmerican Hospital Association Raises Concerns About Proposed Rule on Medicare Hospital ReimbursementsTue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=36678info@kaisernetwork.orghttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=36678The <a href="http://www.aha.org/aha/index.jsp" target="_blank">American Hospital Association</a> on Thursday raised concerns about the implementation of a proposed <a href="http://www.cms.hhs.gov/" target="_blank">CMS</a> rule that seeks to improve the accuracy of Medicare reimbursements to acute care hospitalSpecialty Hospitals Could Improve U.S. Health Care System, Opinion Piece SaysFri, 06 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=34645info@kaisernetwork.orghttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=34645Specialty hospitals could help address problems in the U.S. health care system, but a "well-organized, well-funded lobbying and public relations machine representing the big, mostly not-for-profit, hospitals and the <a href="http://www.aha.org/aha/index.jsp" target="_blank">American Hospital Association</a>" hLawmakers Call for CMS To Investigate Possible Discrimination by Specialty HospitalsWed, 03 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=31806info@kaisernetwork.orghttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=31806<a href="http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp?" target="_blank">CMS</a> should investigate whether physician-owned specialty hospitals are racially discriminatory, three Democratic members of the <a href="http://waysandmeans.house.gov/" target="_blank">House Ways and Means Committee</a> wrote in a July 28 letter