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Jonathan Perlin, M.D., the Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America’s chief medical officer and president of its clinical services group, was sworn in last week as 2015 AHA chairman at an AHA board meeting. Hear what the AHA’s new chairman has to say about the association…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released a draft national “roadmap” for achieving a health IT infrastructure that facilitates the secure exchange and use of electronic health information for a learning health…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday reported 84 cases of measles since Jan. 1 in 14 states, most of which are part of a large outbreak linked to a California amusement park. CDC recommends that health care providers consider measles as a diagnosis in anyone with a fever,…
The AHA has extended to Feb. 6 the deadline for all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey. The free web-based survey helps AHA measure the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program on hospitals and advocate for needed changes. For more information on the RACTrac…
North Dakota hospitals contribute an estimated $4.8 billion a year to the state's economy, according to a recent study by the North Dakota Hospital Association. One of the state’s largest employers, the 42 community hospitals directly employ nearly 22,000 full-time equivalents and support…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced that it will explore possible changes to the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program in rulemaking this spring. In a blog post, Patrick Conway, M.D., CMS chief medical officer and deputy administrator for innovation and…
Private-sector spending for coronary stent placement, laparoscopic appendectomy and total hip replacement varied widely by geographic area in 2009 and 2010, even after adjusting for geographic differences in the cost of doing business and differences in enrollee demographics and health status,…
Low-income uninsured adults in states that have not expanded Medicaid might save more than $1,000 per year, on average, in out-of-pocket costs if they could enroll in Medicaid rather than a subsidized silver plan in the Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a new analysis by a researcher at…
A new private-sector alliance of health care providers, purchasers, payers and others aims to accelerate value-based payment and align private- and public-sector approaches, the group announced yesterday.
Nearly 7.3 million consumers selected or were re-enrolled in a health plan through HealthCare.gov between Nov. 15 and Jan. 23, according to preliminary data released yesterday by the Department of Health and Human Services. About 137,000 people signed up last week. The data includes 37 states…