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CDC program reports decline in hospital infections

The risk of a hospital patient having a health care-associated infection was 16 percent lower in 2015 than in 2011, largely due to declines in surgical site and urinary tract infections.
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CMS finalizes CY 2019 home health update and CY 2020 redesign

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the home health prospective payment system final rule for calendar year 2019, which finalizes a major redesign for CY 2020.
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Facing an overdose epidemic, some EDs offer addiction treatment

Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: When rural hospitals close, the health implications are significant; the VA pilots behavioral health integrated model; and a small drug company tests waters of cholesterol medicine market.
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Innovation group releases roadmap for reinventing U.S. health care

The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation this week released a roadmap for reinventing U.S. health care.
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Institute for Medicaid Innovation report examines maternal behavioral health

The Institute for Medicaid Innovation today released a new report that provides an overview of maternal behavioral health; risk factors, outcomes, and implications of maternal behavioral health disorders; barriers to obtaining behavioral health services; and opportunities for community organizations and Medicaid managed care to address maternal behavioral health.
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AONE weighs in on Mass. ballot initiative on mandated nurse staffing ratios

The AHA’s American Organization of Nurse Executives yesterday thanked a New England nurse leadership group for “advocating unrelentingly for patients, nurses and our health system” to defeat Question 1 on the Massachusetts ballot initiative.
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AHA: Article ‘fails to provide cohesive view’ of hospitals’ community benefits

“No one should expect that the benefits hospitals provide will be the same for every community,” AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack says in a letter to the editor of Modern Helathcare.
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Hospitals add 12,700 jobs in November

Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.24 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted 5,228,200 people.
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IHI releases paper on board oversight of health system quality

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement today released a white paper intended to help health system boards assess and improve their quality oversight processes.
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AHA, FAH comment on surprise billing principles

Nine health insurance, employer and consumer organizations today proposed guiding principles for federal legislative action to protect patients from surprise medical bills.