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The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering today named as its new executive director Patrick (PJ) Andrus, who currently serves as a deputy executive director for the society. “I am honored and excited for the opportunity to continue working with ASHE’s Board of…
Proposed legislation (H.R. 5122) to prevent the Secretary of Health and Human Services from enforcing a proposed rule implementing a Medicare Part B drug payment model would cost $395 million over a 10-year period, the Congressional Budget Office estimated today.
Hospital-level variation in readmissions for Medicare heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients rapidly declines in the first seven days after discharge, suggesting that most readmissions after seven days may be explained by community or household factors outside the hospitals’…
The fall issue of AHA's Great Boards newsletter features articles on governing community health partnerships, and increasing individual board member participation. The free quarterly newsletter examines hospital and health system governance trends and effective practices. To subscribe, click…
Diabetes has long been health care enemy number one in the South Dallas neighborhood of Frazier, where 60% of residents are unemployed and 33% live below the poverty level. State health statistics reported in 2010 that Frazier residents were nearly three times more likely to die of diabetes than…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued a correction notice to the fiscal year 2017 inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment system final rule, which corrects errors and inadvertent omissions of several diagnosis and procedure codes related to the FY…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today awarded $13.4 million in grants to implement and test new pediatric quality measures. The six recipients will assess the feasibility and usability of the measures at the state, health plan and…
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and America’s Health Insurance Plans President and CEO Marilyn Tavenner today called for “value-based solutions” that promote strong, stable and affordable health insurance coverage through the insurance exchanges.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched a webpage to help health care providers prepare for the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier, which will replace the Health Insurance Claim Number on transactions such as billing, eligibility status and claim status by April 2019. The…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday approved a waiver to revise and extend Arizona’s Medicaid demonstration program for five years beginning Oct. 1.