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How hospital and health system leaders are reducing health inequities to improve quality and outcomes
At last month’s AHA Executive Forum, Kimberlydawn Wisdom, M.D., senior vice president of community health and equity and chief wellness and diversity officer at Henry Ford Health System; José R. Sánchez, president and CEO of Norwegian American Hospital; John H. Vassall, M.D., physician executive for quality and safety at Qualis Health; and Sanjay Malaviya, president and CEO of RL Solutions; discussed how health equity data, inclusive leadership and more can improve patient outcomes.
Nurse practitioners are caring for more patients when physicians can’t
Also in this roundup of nursing news: two nurses save the life of a man struck by an SUV; and executive moves in the field.
How hospitals and health systems are helping diabetic populations
Effingham, Ill.-based St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital addresses diabetic patients’ social risk factors; Adventist Health White Memorial Diabetes Program in Los Angeles takes families directly to the supermarket; and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore’s Diabetes Medical Home Extender Program treats high-risk patients in their homes.
AHA Stat Blog: Key takeaways from oral argument in Medicare DSH case before the U.S. Supreme Court
AHA outside counsel Sean Marotta shares insight from yesterday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court in a case about when the Department of Health and Human Services must give public notice and accept and respond to comments on its proposed policies.
CMS: New Medicare cards distributed; 58 percent of claims include new identifier
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently finished mailing new Medicare cards to beneficiaries, which replace the Social Security-based number on their previous cards with a new Medicare beneficiary identifier.
Report: Fully adopting transactions standards could save $9.8 billion a year
The U.S. health care system continues to make progress automating business transactions, but could save an additional $9.8 billion annually if providers and health plans fully adopted certain electronic transactions.
Supreme Court hears arguments in Medicare DSH case
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday heard oral arguments in an appeal of a D.C. Circuit Court decision that the Department of Health and Human Services violated the Medicare Act when it changed Medicare’s reimbursement adjustment formula for disproportionate share hospitals without providing notice and opportunity to comment.
AHA comments on draft MedPAC payment recommendations for 2020
Commenting today on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s draft recommendations for 2020, AHA said it supports the recommendation to provide current law market-basket updates for the hospital inpatient and outpatient prospective payment systems.
Kaiser Permanente combats housing insecurity
Also in this weekly roundup of health-related news: treatment options scarce as meth deaths flare; app makes donating blood easier
Cleveland nurse talks about nurses’ roles in combating human trafficking
Kathleen Hackett, R.N., a nurse at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, shares how nurses can help identify victims of human trafficking and why the new ICD-10 codes are so important.