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Report: Cancer death rates continue to decline overall

Overall cancer death rates continue to decline for U.S. men, women and children, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.
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AHA Innovation Challenge applications due tomorrow

May 31 is the last day for organizations to submit applications for the 2019 AHA Innovation Challenge.
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New diabetes cases down 35 percent since 2008

After increasing for almost two decades, the annual number of new diabetes cases in U.S. adults fell by 35 percent between 2008 and 2017, to 1.3 million.
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AHA webinar June 3 on creating a culture for population health

The AHA will kick off Community Health Improvement Week with a free webinar Monday at 4 p.m. ET on Creating a Culture of Population Health.
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Population health connects care with community

In this AHA Stat Blog, Nancy Myers, AHA vice president of leadership and system innovation, highlights resources and tools to assist hospitals and health systems with their population health efforts.
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AHA comments on House committee’s surprise medical bill proposal 

Responding today to a House Energy and Commerce Committee request for information on its No Surprises Act draft legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills, the AHA said it shares the committee’s objective of protecting patients from balance billing in certain circumstances by out-of-network providers and limiting patient cost-sharing to the in-network amount, but expressed concern with the draft legislation’s approach to determining reimbursement for out-of-network providers.
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CMS finalizes rule updating Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued a final rule updating Medicare and Medicaid requirements for the more than 100 Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly in 31 states, the first major update since 2006.
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Congress urged to create program to lower individual market premiums

Eight national organizations representing health care, business and coverage providers, including the AHA, yesterday urged Congress to quickly establish a premium reduction/reinsurance program to lower premiums in the individual health insurance market.
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Hospital groups oppose rate-setting provision in surprise bill proposal

Commenting on the rate-setting provision of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s legislative proposal to address surprise medical bills, the AHA, America’s Essential Hospitals, Association of
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Hospitals treat patients from Ohio, Kansas tornadoes

Dayton-area hospitals treated about 130 people for storm-related injuries after tornadoes struck the area Monday night, according to WHIO-TV.