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CMS issues final rule detailing Medicaid DSH allotment reductions

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule delineating a methodology for implementing the Affordable Care Act aggregate reductions to state Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital allotments beginning in fiscal year 2020.
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United Hospital Center - Camp Catch Your Breath

What is it?In an effort to reach asthma sufferers early in childhood and puberty – especially those who fall into lower-income categories – Camp Catch Your Breath was formed more than 20 y
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North Country Hospital and Health Center - Crisis Response & Bereavement Team

What is it?North Country Hospital’s Crisis Response & Bereavement Team (CRBT) includes volunteers from different departments who provide support to patients’ families and friends during ti
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MedStar Union Memorial Hospital - Shepherd's Clinic

OverviewIn 1991, in partnership with Baltimore’s Seventh Baptist Church, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (UMH) opened a primary health care clinic to provide services to uninsured resident
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America's hospitals: Advancing health in America

An AHA ad appearing this week in Capitol Hill publications highlights the many ways hospitals are working and reaching beyond their
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HHS: Laboratory developed tests do not require FDA approval or authorization

In an effort to reduce regulatory burden, the Food and Drug Administration will not require developers to submit a premarket approval application, premarket notification or emergency use authorization for laboratory developed tests, the Department of Health and Human Services announced this week.
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Elimination of Elective Induction of Labor and Scheduled Elective Cesarean Section Before 39 Weeks Gestation

A performance improvement project was initiated to reduce the number of elective inductions and cesarean sections.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

4 Transformation Takeaways from HLTH

During the program that kicked off last week’s HLTH conference, AHA leaders, provider organizations, health tech and business executives shared insights into how to move the needle as the field transforms in a post-pandemic world.
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Next Generation ACO model saves Medicare $349M before incentive payments

The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization model reduced gross Medicare spending for calendar years 2016 to 2018 by $349 million (0.9%) without increasing preventable hospitalizations or readmissions, according to findings released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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CMS Issues CY 2022 Proposed Rule for Home Health Payment System

June 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to update the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2022. CMS will accept comments on this rule through Aug. 27, 2021.