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AHA comments on proposed changes to anti-kickback, CMP safe harbors

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has taken “the first steps toward much needed reform” of the federal anti-kickback statute and civil monetary penalty rules regarding beneficiary inducements.
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OIG: Less than 1% of Medicare EHR incentive payments inappropriate

Less than 1% of the net electronic health record incentive payments Medicare paid to acute-care hospitals between Jan. 1, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2017 did not meet federal requirements.
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Building the future workforce requires leaders

Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA’s Physician Alliance, examines key competencies today’s health care leaders should look for in the next generation of workers.
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CMS, HRSA proposed rules aim to increase organ supply

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Health Resources and Services Administration today announced proposed rules aimed at increasing organs available for transplant.
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House approves $1.4 trillion spending bills, Medicaid DSH cut delay

The House today approved a $1.4 trillion spending package for fiscal year 2020.
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Senate panel holds hearing on tackling the opioid crisis

The Senate Judiciary Committee today held a hearing on “a whole-of-government approach” to tackling the opioid crisis.
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FDA approves first disposable duodenoscope

The Food and Drug Administration Friday cleared for marketing in the U.S. the first fully disposable duodenoscope.
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Kentucky drops Medicaid work requirement

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear yesterday repealed a requirement that some adult Medicaid beneficiaries work or engage in activities such as job training or volunteer work to remain eligible for coverage, effectively ending a legal challenge to the requirement in that state.
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AHA Executive Forum: Medicine + Machines, Dec. 3, 2019

You’re Invited! Please join the American Hospital Association (AHA) and leading organizations from across the country to explore how the health care field is transforming care delivery through the use of artificial intelligence.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

Millennials Speak Up About Their Health Care Expectations

Hospital and health system leaders and their boards continue to wrestle with how to engage millennials (generally regarded as those born between 1981 and 1996) in managing their health. They’re not alone. Many payers, tech companies and others allied to the field also are trying to figure out what this generation wants from health care and how to retain millennials as customers. Two new surveys offer some interesting perspectives.