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Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) joined Reps. Tom Reed (R-NY) and Peter Welch (D-VT) late yesterday to introduce the Rural Hospital Access Act (S. 332/H.R. 663), AHA-supported legislation that would make permanent both the Medicare-dependent Hospital program and the enhanced…
President Obama’s budget request to Congress seeks $83.8 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services in fiscal year 2016, the agency announced yesterday afternoon. The Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program would be funded at $…
The Food and Drug Administration continues to recommend that health care professionals inspect all current and future intravenous saline solution bags to ensure they are not simulated products made by Wallcur LLC for training purposes. On Dec. 30, FDA alerted health care professionals not to…
The AHA is advising hospital executives to beware of “vishing” calls targeting hospital executives after learning of a recent attempt to target one hospital. The callers attempt to gain personal social security numbers for senior executives by posing as a representative of Medicare.…
Friday is the final day that hospitals can submit data to the AHA’s 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 initiative,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will discuss ICD-10 implementation issues and testing opportunities during a National Provider Call Feb. 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET. For details on the call or to register, click here. Health care providers must include ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes…
A new report from the AHA’s Committee on Research and Committee on Performance Improvement examines the changing health care landscape and the role trustees and community leaders can play to help guide hospitals during this time of change.The report provides an overview of engagement…
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published on Oct. 29, 2014 a “Draft Guide to Cyber Threat Information Sharing.” The NIST guide highlights the importance and benefits of information sharing among organizations and provides practical advice on how this can be…
President Obama today released a fiscal year 2016 budget request that includes $431 billion in proposed reductions to Medicare, of which $350 billion would come from health care providers and $83.8 billion from structural reforms.
Ebola testing should be conducted only for individuals who meet the criteria for persons under investigation for Ebola Virus Disease, according to updated guidance for clinical laboratories released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.