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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a discussion guide to help hospitals and health care organizations identify issues to address when responding to a cyber breach or attack. The guide includes scenarios and questions to facilitate small group discussions on the issue…
New Jersey Hospital Association President and CEO Betsy Ryan today announced she will step down next July after nine years at the association’s helm. “For eight years, Betsy Ryan has been a tireless champion for New Jersey’s patients and hospitals,” said AHA President…
Jay Bhatt, D.O., is excited about leading the AHA’s quality agenda at “an extraordinary time in American health care.”“We have an opportunity to drastically improve health and health care in America,” says Bhatt, who joins the AHA on Sept. 26. “We can…
Health care organizations are giving high marks to the Association for Healthcare Environment (AHE), an AHA personal membership group, for its certification program that validates environmental services (ES) technicians’ competencies and skill.
More than 50 health care leaders discussed strategies to improve health equity and eliminate health care disparities at an AHA-Joint Commission summit Sept. 16 in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
The House of Representatives today approved AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 5713) that would extend 25% Rule relief to long-term care hospital discharges between Oct. 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2713) and the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act (H.R. 4365). Supported by the AHA and its American Organization of Nurse Executives, H.R.
Anthem's proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna's proposed acquisition of Humana would collectively quash competition in insurance markets across 24 states, according to an updated analysis released today by the American Medical Association. The analysis is based on the association’s…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights recently issued Frequently Asked Questions on language access requirements under its final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national…
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today announced partnerships with two companies to develop new antibiotics and diagnostic tests in response to the increasing number of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.