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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 13 announced that more than 150 organizations have been accepted to participate in the launch of its Advancing Chronic Care with Effective Scalable Solutions Model, or ACCESS. T
The AHA and dozens of other organizations April 14 sent a letter of support to Reps. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., and Mike Kelly, R-Pa., for their introduction of the Chronic Care Management Improvement Act.
The AHA will present Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of Joint Commission, with its Distinguished Service Award during the 2026 AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C.
David Stark, chief of government and external affairs and philanthropy officer at UnityPoint Health, shares how a major philanthropic investment is helping expand mental health services for children and adolescents.
The AHA announced April 13 that Deborah Bowen, president and CEO of the American College of Healthcare Executives, along with four retiring state hospital association executives, will receive its 2026 AHA Board of Trustees Award during the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C., for…
The AHA April 13 provided comments to the Department of Health and Human Services on the U.S. Core Data for Interoperability Draft Version 7, a standardized set of data elements that are intended to support nationwide interoperable electronic data exchange.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 10 released a proposed rule that would establish electronic standards for drug prior authorizations.
Health care and public health was the top sector targeted for cyberthreats in 2025, according to the FBI’s latest annual report on internet crimes. There were 460 ransomware attacks and 182 data breaches, totaling 642 cyber events. Financial services was the next highest sector at…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 10 proposed increasing the long-term care hospital standard rate payments by 2.4% in fiscal year 2027 relative to FY 2026.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 10 issued a proposed rule that would increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.4% in fiscal year 2027, compared with FY 2026, for hospitals that are meaningful users of electronic health records and submit quality…