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Sharing best practices and spurring on peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the three-year AHA/Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) Hospital Engagement Network (HEN), which ended last December.The HRET network worked with 31 state hospital associations to reduce inpatient harm and…
The AHA late Friday filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Department of Health and Human Services in a federal lawsuit seeking to exclude all drugs with an “orphan” designation from an HHS interpretive rule expanding the 340B Drug Pricing Program to rural and cancer hospitals under…
The Government Accountability Office Friday issued a report summarizing actions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to support the Oct. 1 transition to the ICD-10 coding system for health care claims. The findings are based on information collected from CMS and a sample of 28…
The Food and Drug Administration Friday issued final guidance on medical device data systems. The guidance confirms the agency’s intention not to enforce regulations for technologies that receive, transmit, store or display data from medical devices unless they involve active patient…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday published a final list of Essential Community Providers for plan year 2016, available on the CMS website under “Other QHP Application Resources.” Health insurers use the annual list to identify providers meeting ECP…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued a rule finalizing certain requirements for private Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans beginning in contract year 2016. The provisions cover a broad range of administrative areas. They were included in the…
The AHA seeks hospital and health system trustees to serve on its Committee on Governance, Regional Policy Boards, and other governing councils and committees beginning in 2016. Interested trustees are invited to view the Call for Nominations and submit an application through Feb. 25.
The AHA today urged the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to distribute the recent Ebola emergency funding as Congress intended. “Congress provided ASPR $576 million to bolster the infrastructure for the nation…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has asked the Measure Applications Partnership to conduct an accelerated review of an ad hoc list of measures the agency is considering for Medicare quality reporting programs under the Improving Medicare Post‐Acute Care Transformation Act of…
AHA today encouraged the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to refine its draft strategic plan for health information technology to clarify and prioritize federal roles and activities. “Clearly, the broad goals outlined in the strategic plan are important for…