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Senate passes bill to reauthorize GME program for children’s hospitals
The Senate yesterday approved by unanimous consent AHA-supported legislation to reauthorize the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program, sending it to the president for his signature.
AHA Center for Health Innovation launches
In an effort to further advance health in America, the American Hospital Association today officially launched the AHA Center for Health Innovation to support hospitals and health systems as they respond to and proactively lead change.
CHI’s United Against Violence campaign makes communities safer
Colleen Scanlon, senior vice president and chief advocacy officer for Catholic Health Initiatives, discusses the organization’s widespread efforts to prevent violence in the communities they serve. She said the campaign, which began 10 years ago, demonstrates that real progress in total community health can be achieved when health care providers are open to advocacy – and community collaboration – outside the four walls of a hospital.
Amazon, Chase and Berkshire Hathaway announce health startup COO
Also in this roundup of health care news: Epic inches toward interoperability; Comcast shepherds health care disruption to keep its own costs low; and San Francisco uses data to get a bigger picture of its homeless population.
AHRMM announces new chair-elect, board members
The AHA’s Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management has elected Dee Donatelli, acting principal at Dee Donatelli Consulting LLC, as the 2019 AHRMM Board chair-elect.
Joint Commission issues first data-driven estimate of inpatient suicides
An estimated 49 to 65 hospital inpatient suicides occur each year in the United States, far fewer than the widely cited estimate of 1,500, according to a new study reported in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Hospital groups sue HHS seeking 340B price transparency now
The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges, America’s Essential Hospitals, 340B Health and three hospital systems today asked a federal court to order the Department of Health and Human Services to make effective within 30 days a final rule requiring drug companies to disclose the ceiling price for 340B outpatient drugs.
Three actions clinicians and coding professionals can take today to prepare for new ICD-10 codes on human trafficking
On Oct. 1, new ICD-10 codes will be available to allow providers to identify and assist victims of human trafficking and coding professionals to translate that information into data that will provide greater insights into the problem. Nelly Leon-Chisen, AHA director of coding and classification, shares how organizations can most effectively use the new codes.
Nurse and premature baby reunite…as colleagues
Plus: Nurses who experience occupational violence need added support, and executive moves in the field.
HHS announces new Medicare payment model for ambulance services
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation today announced a new payment model for emergency ambulance services that aims to allow Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to receive the most appropriate level of care at the right time and place with the potential for lower out-of-pocket costs.