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The departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and Health and Human Services have issued technical guidance summarizing existing “best practices” to prevent and respond to ransomware incidents – when cyber actors use malicious software to deny access to systems or data and…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today alerted health care facilities to an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast associated with high mortality and at least two outbreaks in health care facilities in other countries. U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today awarded $26 million in grants through 2020 to five academic medical centers conducting research to prevent healthcare-associated and antibiotic-resistant infections as part of the agency’s Prevention Epicenters Program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a bulletin summarizing public notice and process requirements for states proposing changes to Medicaid payment rates, including requirements under a 2015 final rule for monitoring access to care for Medicaid beneficiaries.
Medicare accountable care organizations are associated with modest reductions in spending and use of hospitals and emergency departments, according to a study published this week by JAMA Internal Medicine. The study compared changes in spending and usage for beneficiaries cared for by ACO…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revamped its website on administrative simplification, at go.CMS.gov/AdminSimp. Topics include electronic transactions, code sets, operating rules, unique identifiers and enforcement. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a June 28 webinar on setting goals for antibiotic prescribing in outpatient settings. Katherine Fleming-Dutra, M.D., medical epidemiologist with CDC’s Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, will review a recent study on outpatient antibiotic…
Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC, tops the 2016 list of 50 “Best Places for Women and Diverse Managers to Work” published by Diversity MBA magazine. Also named to the list are: Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL; Greenville (SC) Health System; and WellStar Health…
The Association Forum yesterday presented its 2016 Inspiring Leader Award to Kim Hoarle, executive director of the AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Risk Management. The award recognizes an individual who has established a culture leading to employee satisfaction, motivation,…
The AHA today held a Rural Hospital Policy Forum on Capitol Hill. AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack welcomed senators, congressional and AHA staff, who updated rural hospital leaders on their legislative priorities and outlook for passing critical rural legislation this year. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR…