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Hospitals participating in a New Jersey Hospital Association Sepsis Learning and Action Collaborative reduced severe sepsis mortality by 11% over 12 months, saving an estimated 400 lives, according to a report released this week by the New Jersey Hospital Association. Member hospitals…
The AHA today asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw a proposed rule addressing how third-party payments are treated when calculating the hospital-specific limitation on Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments. “CMS has characterized that this rule is…
Medicare 30-day readmission rates declined in 49 states between 2010 and 2015, resulting in an estimated 565,000 fewer hospital readmissions, according to data released yesterday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Rates fell by more than 5% in 43 states and by more than 10%…
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Health and Oversight and Investigations today held a joint hearing on Affordable Care Act implementation and oversight, including the stability of the health insurance marketplaces. Witnesses included representatives from the Department of Health…
The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family health coverage rose 3% this year to $18,142, including employer and worker contributions, according to the latest annual survey of employer-sponsored health insurance by the Kaiser Family Foundation and AHA’s Health Research…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and National Library of Medicine have added new content to their website on Radiation Emergency Medical Management, including prototype hospital orders for radiation injury…
The Ohio Hospital Association yesterday launched OHA SOS, a community partner campaign to increase early recognition and intervention for sepsis, a life-threatening complication of infection that begins outside of the hospital for nearly 80% of patients.
Hospital leaders yesterday urged their federal legislators to support certain provisions critical to patients and hospitals before adjourning this legislative session.
They urged federal legislators to continue to encourage the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide…
The AHA today urged congressional leaders to provide $1.1 billion in new funding to combat the Zika virus. “Now that Zika is locally-transmitted in the United States, the challenge we face is preventing the virus from taking permanent hold, not only in Florida, but in half of the country…
Hospital leaders today urged their federal legislators to support certain provisions critical to patients and hospitals before adjourning this legislative session. Specifically, they urged federal legislators to continue to encourage the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide…