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AHA: Article does not tell full story about hospitals’ community investments

“The recent Modern Healthcare article ‘Top not-for-profit hospitals offer less charity care, study finds,’ does not tell the full story of how hospitals and health systems improve community health,” writes AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in a letter to the editor.
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FDA releases first phase of online Purple Book database

The Food and Drug Administration released the first phase of its searchable Purple Book database, which includes all FDA-approved biosimilar and interchangeable products.
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Urge Your Representative to Cosponsor Surprise Medical Billing Legislation

Urge Your Representative to Cosponsor Surprise Medical Billing Legislation Approved by the House Ways and Means Committee
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Chair File: Sharing Examples of How We Are Making Health Care More Affordable

One of our field’s greatest strengths is not only our ability to innovate, but also our willingness to share our efforts so we can learn from each other to advance patient health.
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Next Age-Friendly Health System Action Community opens in March

The next Age-Friendly Health System Action Community will commence March 25 and run through October, offering free monthly webinars and an in-person meeting to help hospitals and health systems integrate “age-friendly” health care.
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HHS finalizes strategy to reduce health IT burdens

The Department of Health and Human Services finalized its strategy to reduce regulatory and administrative burdens for health care providers using electronic health records and other health information technology.
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Appeals court urged to reject CMS argument in outpatient payment case

The AHA, joined by the Association of American Medical Colleges and a number of member hospitals, filed a brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to affirm a district court ruling that voided the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ calendar year 2019 payment cut for hospital outpatient services provided in grandfathered off-campus provider-based departments. 
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Special Bulletin: CMS Proposes Changes to Hip and Knee Bundled Payment Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 20 issued a rule proposing changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, which bundles payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery.
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CMS proposes changes to hip and knee bundled payment program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 20 issued a rule proposing changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, which bundles payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery.
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CDC: Flu vaccine about 45% effective this year

This season’s flu vaccine has been about 45% effective at preventing flu-related outpatient visits, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.