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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued updated guidelines for testing pregnant women who live in or travel to areas with ongoing Zika virus transmission, and new guidelines for preventing sexual transmission of the virus.
Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its health subcommittee today sent a letter to the health care community soliciting feedback on implementation of so-called site-neutral payments in Medicare programs. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 enacted site-neutral…
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider provider experience to date and evidence from electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) pilots and demonstrations as it develops future rulemaking for eCQM reporting.
About 12.7 million Americans selected a 2016 health plan during open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, the Department of Health and Human Services reported yesterday. The total includes more than 9.6 million who enrolled through HealthCare.gov and 3.1 million through state-…
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.47% in January to a seasonally adjusted 5,023,700 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 23,700 more people than in December and 188,800 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
Mary Ellen Pratt, CEO of St. James Parish Hospital in Lutcher, LA, will lead the AHA's Constituency Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2016. Pratt will chair the section's governing council, which represents small or rural hospitals in the AHA's policy process and member services initiatives.…
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today examined the recent surge in prices for certain drugs. Witnesses at the hearing included officials from the Food and Drug Administration; Pharmaceutical Care Management Association; and Turing Pharmaceuticals and Valeant…
The Institute of Medicine will convene a Feb. 16 workshop to identify research priorities to inform public health and medical practice for domestic Zika virus.
Margaret Wagner Dahl, a trustee for WellStar Health Network, an accountable care organization in Atlanta, will chair the AHA's 2016 Committee on Governance. Andrew Stern, a trustee at Medical City Dallas Hospital in Dallas, will serve as chair-elect and become chair in 2017. The COG is a specialty…
The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration is offering scholarships for qualified members to take the Certified in Healthcare Human Resources examination. Scholarship recipients will receive a voucher to cover the cost of the examination fee. Administered by the AHA…