President Obama on Dec. 13 signed into law the AHA-supported 21st Century Cures Act, which includes a number of provisions important to hospitals and health systems.
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Medicare-certified dialysis facilities that pay premiums for individual market coverage directly or through a third party must educate patients about their coverage options and ensure that issuers
President Obama today signed into law the AHA-supported 21st Century Cures Act (
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released new guidance
The AHA is committed to accelerating progress to improve health equity and eliminate health care disparities, said Charisse Coulombe, vice president of clinical quality at the AHA’s Health Re
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The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative will host a Dec. 15 webinar on one health system’s journey to prevent workplace violence.
Hospital-acquired conditions declined by 21% (3.1 million) between 2010 and 2015, saving an estimated 125,000 lives and $28 billion in health care costs, according to results
President Obama Saturday signed a continuing resolution (H.R.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement will work with the AHA and others to develop and test a prototype to transform care for older adults.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission this week discussed draft recommendations that would forgo increases in or reduce Medicare payment rates in 2018 for home health agencies, skilled nursing f
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Five health care foundations today released an online resource on promising approaches to improving health outcomes for patients wi
Hospital and health system leaders are invited to apply through Dec. 15 for the AHA’s Health Care System Transformation Fellowship.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today discussed a draft recommendation that would update payments for hospital inpatient and outpatient services in 2018 as outlined under current law, that
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted its updated version of the