Headline
The latest stories from AHA Today.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation will review and answer questions about the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model during a 60-minute webinar, offered at 2 p.m. ET on both Nov. 19 and 30. Finalized late yesterday, the new payment model will bundle payment to acute…
State and local governments and community-based public or non-profit organizations can apply through Jan. 20 for a portion of $32 million in grants to find and enroll eligible children in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today finalized a new payment model that will bundle payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery. CMS delayed the start of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model until April 1, 2016; the program will…
Hospitals are encouraged to review and exercise their security plans following Friday’s terror attacks across Paris, according to leaders of the public/private council that coordinates health care and public health sector preparedness activities for the departments of Homeland Security and…
The departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury Friday issued a final rule on "grandfathered" health plans, which are exempt from certain requirements under the Affordable Care Act. Effective for group health plans and issuers beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2017, the final…
The proposed Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana acquisitions would be good for the bottom lines of the respective health insurance companies – but bad for patients, according to an AHA advertorial in today’s Wall Street Journal. “There’s little reason to believe that the new…
The New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) has launched two programs aimed at training veterans to help other veterans navigate the complexities of health care delivery and health insurance.Veterans will receive instruction on becoming health care navigators – who then will be stationed in…
Hospitals and health systems have a responsibility to encourage appropriate and consistent use of health care resources and give caregivers the tools to better communicate with patients about appropriate use.
The Food and Drug Administration today ordered Custom Ultrasonics to recall all of its automated endoscope reprocessors from health care facilities, citing violations that could result in an increased risk of infection.
The AHA, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Children’s Hospital Association yesterday urged President Obama to fully fund the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program at its authorized level of $300 million in the Department of Health and Human Services budget for fiscal year 2017…