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Pa. health system receives 2018 Foster McGaw Prize
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health in Lancaster County, Pa., today received the 2018 Foster G. McGaw Prize for its leadership role in improving care for individuals and families in its community, and will receive $100,000 toward programs that further these goals.
Verma: CMS working on new value-based payment models
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is working on some new valued-based payment models and rural health initiatives, Administrator Seema Verma told participants at a CMS quality conference yesterday.
AHRQ: Hospital acquired-conditions decline by nearly 1 million
Hospital-acquired conditions declined by 13 percent between 2014 and 2017, preventing an estimated 20,500 deaths and $7.7 billion in health care costs, according to preliminary
VA proposes access standards for new community care program
The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced its proposed access standards for the new Veterans Community Care Program to begin in June under the AHA-supported MISSION Act of 2018
CNOs share ideas for transforming patient care
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: video of nurse singing to patient goes viral, and executive moves in the field.
A nine-step roadmap for implementing Lean in rural hospitals
Harney District Hospital, Burns, Ore., is one of many hospitals nationwide that have embraced the Lean mentality, modeled after Toyota’s discipline of lean manufacturing in the 1950s to ensure high quality products. At AHA’s 2019 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, attendees learned how rural hospitals and health systems can do more with less.
AHA releases ‘surprise billing’ principles; hospital groups share surprise billing framework with congressional leaders
The AHA today unveiled a set of principles to help inform the ongoing federal policy debate regard
Kaiser Permanente medical school to offer first students free tuition
The Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine will waive all tuition for the full four years of school for its first five classes.
CMS extends PAC quality reporting deadline
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline for submitting third-quarter data to the Post-Acute Care Quality Reporting Program.
CMS: U.S. health spending projected to grow 5.5 percent annually over decade
National health expenditures are projected to grow an average 5.5 percent annually during 2018-2027, outpacing average projected growth in gross domestic product by 0.8 percentage point.