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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will host a July 14 webinar on the role of health care coalitions in planning for and coordinating health and medical services during mass gatherings. The webinar, at 2 p.m. ET, will feature leaders from the Department of Health…
The Department of Veterans Affairs yesterday published a proposed rule that would allow its advanced practice registered nurses to practice to the full extent of their education, training and certification without the clinical oversight of physicians when working within the scope of their VA…
The Senate last night approved by unanimous consent an AHA-supported resolution promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month, which in April focused attention on health disparities and accelerating health equity.
The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration this week issued an order that would prohibit Aetna and Humana from doing business in the state in the comprehensive individual and small group markets, group Medicare Advantage market and some…
Community Hospital of Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula (CHOMP), part of Montage Health, took action two years ago to address the prescription opioid abuse crisis in its county of some 415,000 residents. The community-wide effort, called Prescribe Safe, has led to a sharp decline in the number of…
Thousands of uninsured Latino and other immigrants in South Philadelphia’s low-income neighborhoods go to Puentes de Salud (Bridges to Health) for health care, wellness – and hope of a better life.Since 2003, Puentes has provided low-cost primary health care, plus a range of social and…
A bipartisan group of 235 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide flexibility in implementation of the Medicare payment reductions for new off-campus hospital outpatient departments under the Bipartisan Budget Act to…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a request for proposals for Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks, which will commit to new goals to improve patient safety in 10 areas and reduce readmissions.
The National Quality Forum, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Hospital Corporation of America today released a “Practical Playbook” for creating or enhancing hospital antibiotic stewardship programs.
Hospitals and health systems support displaying quality information in an understandable and accessible way, but report cards must be designed with care, writes Nancy Foster, AHA vice president of quality and patient safety policy, in an AHASTAT blog post today.