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The AHA seeks applications through Jan. 22 for the 2016 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership. Named after AHA President Emeritus Dick Davidson, the annual award honors a state, regional or metropolitan hospital association that demonstrates exceptional…
The AHA's Association for the Healthcare Environment recently announced its board president and president-elect for 2016. Gary Dolan, director of environmental services at the Village of Penn State in State College, PA, is 2016 board president. Pam Toppel, director of environmental services at…
The AHA invites hospital associations to apply through Jan. 22 for the 2016 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership. Named after AHA President Emeritus Dick Davidson, the annual award honors a state, regional or metropolitan hospital association that demonstrates…
The nation has made significant progress toward transforming nursing roles, responsibilities and education to meet the promise of a reformed health care system and the nation's health needs, according to a report released today by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
The share of U.S. adults with high cholesterol declined 3.3 percentage points between 2007 and 2014, to 11%, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, about half of adults who should take cholesterol-lowering medications or make diet and exercise…
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.27% in November to a seasonally adjusted 4,973,500 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 13,400 more people than in October and 166,600 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
Multiple hospitals were caring for people injured during a mass shooting yesterday at a social services center in San Bernardino, CA, that killed at least 14 and wounded 21. Two suspects in the shooting were fatally shot during an afternoon police chase, according to news reports. Hospitals caring…
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac survey. Hospitals participating in the third-quarter 2015 survey report appealing 47% of all RAC claim denials. For more than 84% of claims appealed to an…
More than 2 million people have selected a health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace since the start of open enrollment Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. Nearly two-thirds of the plan selections were by 2015 enrollees…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued an ICD-10 resource guide for medical specialties and common health conditions and services. Health care claims must include ICD-10 codes for medical diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures under a final rule that took effect Oct.…