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Perspective: Insights from the AHA Annual Meeting

We at the AHA are honored to represent America’s hospitals and health systems and are proud to be your partner on this journey. As National Hospital Week draws to a close, thank you for all you do every day to advance health in America.
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Reminder: Nominate Palliative/End-of-Life Care Program for Circle of Life Award

Organizations and groups that provide palliative or end-of-life care may apply through Aug. 13 for the 2019 Circle of Life Awards, which honor outstanding and innovative palliative and end-of-life care programs.
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Report Examines Tobacco Policies at Behavioral Health Facilities

About half of mental health facilities and one-third of substance use treatment facilities reported having smoke-free campuses in 2016, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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President Releases Blueprint to Lower Prescription Drug Prices

President Trump today unveiled his administration’s blueprint to lower prescription drug prices, which also solicits input on potential actions the Department of Health and Human Services may take to improve competition and negotiation and lower costs.
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Chair File: Highlighting the Importance of Mental Health Care

There are excellent initiatives across the country that are making a real difference in people’s lives.
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May 29 Deadline for Hospitals to Apply for Low-volume Adjustment Approaching

The Bipartisan Budget Act retroactively extended the enhanced low-volume payment adjustment, which provides an add-on payment to qualifying low-volume hospitals to help improve access to care in rural areas.
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Two House Committees to Markup Opioid Legislation This Week

The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday will mark up four bills intended to address the opioid crisis.
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Humana, Others to Buy Hospice Operator Curo Health for $1.4 Billion

Humana and two private equity firms yesterday announced a definitive agreement to acquire Curo Health Services, a hospice operator that provides care to patients at 245 locations in 22 states.
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CMS Seeks Input on Potential Models for Direct Provider Contracting

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments through May 25 on potential models for direct provider contracting (DPC) with physician practices in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to reduce spending and administrative burden while enhancing quality and engaging patients and families in their care.