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Leaders representing more than 1,500 hospitals, health systems and other organizations are participating in the Patient Safety Initiative. The focus areas for 2024 include fostering a culture of safety from the board room to the bedside, identifying and addressing inequities in safety, and…
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center has issued an alert about a critical vulnerability in MOVEit, a common file transfer platform utilized in the health sector.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) on May 17 proposed a new mandatory payment model that would test whether performance-based incentive payments paid to or owed by participating kidney transplant hospitals increase access to kidney transplants while preserving or enhancing the…
In honor of National Hospital Week, the American Hospital Association is teaming up once again with Musicians On Call with the second annual Concert for Caregivers to thank caregivers and hospital and health system staff for their continued sacrifices for the health of their communities. This…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Health and Human Services, and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center today released a joint cybersecurity advisory to provide information on Black Basta, a ransomware variant.
AHA expects the release of a new price transparency report next week. See AHA resources to prepare your organization’s response to the study findings.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 29 issued a final rule that will phase out, over four years, its general enforcement discretion approach for in vitro diagnostic tests (IVDs), which include laboratory developed tests (LDTs).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) on April 10 proposed a new mandatory payment model that would bundle payment to acute care hospitals for five types of surgical episodes.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) April 19 published the 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR) final rule establishing a process that was required under the Affordable Care Act.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 10 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025.