The American Hospital Association has sent a letter to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) expressing its view on draft legislation he released a discussion of in August.
Among the provisions in the draft bill, also known as the Protecting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2014, is one calling for Social Security numbers to be removed from Medicare cards. This provision allows HHS to remove $320 million from the Medicare trust funds to replace existing cards. The AHA expressed this section of the bill is problematic due to fiscal problems facing Medicare.
The AHA also showed its support for the bill's provisions that would help to enhance clinical integration, which include a gainsharing study that would examine the barriers to meeting clinical integration.
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