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The Evolution of Rural Emergency Hospitals as a New Model of Care

Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) officially became a new type of care provider on January 1, 2023.
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Hospital Outpatient, Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule for CY 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 2 released its calendar year (CY) 2024 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) final rule. It increases OPPS rates by a net 3.1% in CY 2024 compared to CY 2023 and includes final policies regarding hospital price transparency, behavioral health services and Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs).
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Thanksgiving Is Always a Time for Gratitude

From all of us at the American Hospital Association, best wishes for a happy, healthy and safe Thanksgiving.
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Reaching for the Stars: Health Care Governance Best Practices

This webinar provides specific examples of and practical tools used by the highest-performing boards as they move toward five categories of advanced governance practices: Visionary, Strategic and ‘System’-focused; Nimble, Streamlined and Clear; Intentional, Disciplined and Consistent; Competency-based, Educated and Evaluated; and Objective, Transparent and Accountable.
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Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule for CY 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov.
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CMS issues proposed notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 15 released its proposed standards for qualified health plans offered through the health insurance marketplaces for 2025. Beginning in plan year 2025, the proposed rule would require state-based marketplaces (SBM) to comply with time and distance network adequacy standards for qualified health plans that are at least as stringent as those for the federally facilitated marketplace.
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AHA releases first of five-part series highlighting results from DEI Benchmark Survey

AHA and the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity Nov. 16 released the first of its five-part DEI Data Insights series, which highlights results from its most recent DEI Benchmark Survey.
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AHA podcast: The Future of Rural Hospitals and Health Systems

As the nation celebrates #NationalRuralHealthDay, AHA Chair-elect Joanne Conroy, M.D., president and CEO of Dartmouth Health, discusses the challenges confronting rural hospitals and health systems in the U.S., and solutions for providing quality and cost-efficient care for the communities that need it most.
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AHA guide offers innovative strategies to attract, retain workers 

AHA Nov. 15 released its annual snapshot of employment at America’s hospitals and health systems, which offers innovative strategies to help organizations protect and optimize the well-being of current health care workers and future generations of caregivers.
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CMS awards second batch of new Medicare-funded residency slots to hospitals

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 15 allocated 200 new Medicare-funded residency slots to 100 teaching hospitals in health professional shortage areas with the greatest need, as defined in the inpatient prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2022.