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AHA responds to HHS’s request for information on HIPAA rule

Hospitals and health systems are dedicated to safeguarding the privacy of patients’ medical information and believe that the current HIPAA rules are generally effective without greatly impeding the necessary exchange of information, AHA said.
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House holds hearing on rising cost of prescription drugs

Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., and Ranking Member Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said they are committed to working on bipartisan reforms to lower drug prices.
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Senate HELP Committee holds hearing on pain management

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., today convened a hearing on “Managing Pain During the Opioid Crisis” to “better understand causes of pain, how we can improve care for patients with pain, and where we are on developing new medicines and ways to treat pain.”
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AHA urges senators not to reintroduce IRF bill

The AHA yesterday urged Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., not to re-introduce legislation that would establish rehabilitation innovation centers as a new class of rehabilitation hospitals.
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How Copley Hospital is decreasing the number of ED visits by connecting its community to care

In efforts to increase primary care use in the community and decrease avoidable emergency department visits, Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vt., has spent the past few years examining state data to better understand its population’s needs.
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Engagement, not loyalty, drives millennial nurses

Also in this weekly roundup of nurse-related news: remembering America’s first black nurse, and executive moves in the field.
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UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital appoints president

Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Sutter Health names first chief population officer, and Cache Valley Hospital names chief medical officer.
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CMS to share claims data with ACOs in bulk format

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched a project to share claims data with accountable care organizations in bulk format, Administrator Seema Verma yesterday told participants at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s annual conference.
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House holds hearing on bills to expand health coverage protections

The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a hearing on legislation to roll back changes to the Affordable Care Act by the Trump administration.
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Supreme Court urged to restore heightened pleading standard in FCA cases

The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision that allows False Claims Act whistleblowers to accuse a hospital or other defendant of fraud and proceed to discovery without articulating specific facts demonstrating the circumstances or scope of the alleged fraud.