Washington, D.C. — The American Health Care Association (AHCA) today released the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Relations Clifton J. Porter II commending House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) for urging CMS to streamline consolidated billing for post-acute care providers to improve the Medicare program for seniors.
“We appreciate the committee for recognizing the concerns related to consolidated billing. When PPS was initiated in 1997 the clinical complexity of our patients and residents was very different than it is today. Encouraging CMS to update current standards relating to medication exclusions to be consistent with today’s patient needs is both good public policy and most importantly good for patient care. We thank Chairmen Brady and Roskam for their leadership and support.”
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