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Participating hospitals and other health care providers will offer free, anonymous mental health screenings Oct. 8 as part of the 25th annual National Depression Screening Day. To find a local screening site, visit www.helpyourselfhelpothers.org. AHA is a supporter of the annual event, sponsored by…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will continue to pay claims and implement ICD-10 if the Congress fails to act by Oct. 1 on legislation to fund the government into fiscal year 2016, CMS Principal Deputy Administrator Patrick Conway said during a press briefing today on ICD-10…
The Environmental Protection Agency today issue a proposed rule revising the regulations for management and disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. The rule would apply to health care facilities, pharmaceutical reverse distributors, and owners or operators of treatment, storage and…
Donate Life America this week launched an online registry for organ, eye and tissue donors.
AHA Solutions Inc. and the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration this week presented the 2015 Gary Willis Leadership Award to Tina Boeckenstedt, human resource client services manager for Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, and Tracy Braman, human resources…
Proposed changes to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ 1996 model state legislation for health plan network adequacy would help address problems that consumers and health care providers face with respect to the adequacy and transparency of health plan provider networks, AHA…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology yesterday released for comment draft updates to its list of “best available” standards and implementation specifications for interoperable clinical health information technology.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday updated its guidance on flexibility in the Medicare Part B claims auditing and quality reporting process as the medical community gains experience using the new ICD- 10 code set. The updates include revisions to questions 1 and 9, as…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reorganized its website for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs to locate all information on requirements and resources for previous years in one place. The new webpage contains information from 2011 to 2014…
AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust has received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to create resources to support a culture of health in U.S. communities. The project will provide resources to help hospital and community partnerships document and assess their value,…