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AHA-supported bill would renew CAH demonstration for five years

Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., introduced AHA-supported legislation (S. 3399) that would renew for five years a demonstration project that tests new models of health care delivery for critical access hospitals in the most sparsely populated states.
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Hospitals add 7,800 jobs in February

Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.15% in February to a seasonally adjusted 5,257,900 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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AHA brief explores how hospitals can use telehealth to drive value

Hospitals and health systems are using telehealth services to connect patients to care and health professionals to each other in ways that improve value for patients, communities and regions, according to a new issue brief by AHA’s the Value Initiative.
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FDA alerts providers to infusion pump danger

The Food and Drug Administration reported 55 injuries and one death involving an infusion pump and vital signs monitoring system.
Amicus Brief
Public

US Chamber of Commerce Files Amicus Brief Supporting Legal Challenge to Rule Requiring Disclosure of Negotiated Charges (Feb. 28. 2020)

US Chamber of Commerce files amicus brief supporting legal challenge to rule requiring disclosure of negotiated charges (Feb. 28. 2020).
Letter/Comment
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AHA Expresses Support for Extension of the Frontier Community Health Integration Project

The AHA March 5 expressed support for legislation (S. 3399) to extend for five additional years the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) demonstration. Launched in 2016, the FCHIP aims to better integrate and coordinate care, and reduce avoidable hospitalizations, admissions and transfers to distant providers.
Member

Model Comment Letter on CMS 340B Survey (March 5, 2020)

Model comment letter regarding CMS–10709, Hospital Survey for Specified Covered Outpatient Drugs; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request (Vol. 85, No. 26), February 7, 2020.
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Coronavirus latest: Updates from Congress, CDC and CMS

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance for risk assessment and public health management of health care personnel with potential exposure to patients with novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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AHA, others voice support for drug shortages bill

Reps. Scott Peters, D-Calif., Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., Brett Guthrie, R-KY, Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., Richard Hudson, R-N.C., Michael McCaul, R-Texas, Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., and Gus Bilirakis, D-Fla., introduced the Preventing Drug Shortages Act (H.R. 6080).