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The Association of American Medical Colleges yesterday presented a Special Recognition Award to Richard Umbdenstock, AHA past president and CEO, for his exceptional leadership of the AHA and close collaboration with AAMC on issues of concern to academic medicine. The award was presented at the AAMC…
Effective Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will reduce the number of claims that Recovery Audit Contractors may audit for health care providers other than physicians and suppliers, the agency announced Friday.
Continued and growing delays in review of Medicare claims appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level call for the court to promptly order the Secretary of Health and Human Services to abide by the mandatory deadlines in the Medicare statute, the AHA and three hospital members told a three-judge…
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola virus transmission. The announcement marked 42 days (two 21-day incubation periods) since the release of the last known Ebola patient from a Sierra Leone treatment unit. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Join AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. ET for a discussion on how hospitals can help consumers explore and understand their coverage options during the 2016 open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplaces. The webcast will highlight specific resources…
The AHA today named Ashley Thompson as its senior vice president for public policy analysis and development. A 12-year veteran of the AHA, Thompson most recently served as acting senior executive for public policy analysis and before that as vice president and deputy director of policy. Before…
The AHA today urged the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to provide greater detail about the characteristics and metrics used to assess the standards identified as the “best available” in the draft Interoperability Standards Advisory.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today reported on its ongoing development of a post-acute payment system prototype, the first stage in a multi-step process to replace the current prospective payment systems for home health, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation and long-term care…
Twenty communities will compete to sign up more of their eligible uninsured residents for coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplaces this open enrollment period, the White House announced today.
An estimated 28.5 million U.S. residents lacked health insurance in the first six months of 2015, 16.3 million fewer than in 2013, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportion of residents who were uninsured when interviewed for the National…