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Medicare patients admitted to hospitals with higher readmission rates are more likely to have characteristics associated with a higher probability of readmission, according to a study published online today by JAMA Internal Medicine. “This finding suggests that Medicare is penalizing hospitals…
Health insurance premiums for individual market consumers varied considerably within and between states in 2014 and 2015, according to a report released last week by the Government Accountability Office. For example, in Arizona the lowest-cost silver plan option for a 30-year-old was $147 per…
Illicit use of tobacco, alcohol and prescription pain relievers declined among adolescents between 2002 and 2014, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Current tobacco use among 12 to 17 year olds fell…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration today urged health care facilities that utilize reusable medical devices to immediately review their reprocessing practices to ensure they comply with all steps directed by the device manufacturers and have appropriate…
The Senate last night passed by unanimous consent AHA-supported legislation (S. 1461) that would delay through December 2015 enforcement of direct supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services provided in critical access hospitals and certain small, rural hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended the comment period for its proposed rule that would overhaul the requirements that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. The original Sept. 14 comment deadline was extended through Oct.…
Health care spending growth continued to moderate in July, falling to 5.6% year-over-year, according to the latest Economic Indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending. Prescription drug prices rose 4.4%, continuing to far outpace any other health care category.…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated its ICD-10 end-to-end testing results to include participation rates by health care provider type. The volunteer participants represented a broad cross-section of provider, claim and submitter types. Nearly one-third of overall…
AHA will host a Sept. 23 webinar for members on Stratus Healthcare, a partnership of 16 health systems and 30 community hospitals in Georgia working to clinically integrate care and achieve cost savings while improving the health of the population and keeping health care local. The webinar begins…
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate has extended the deadline for its survey on hospital employee health and wellness programs to Sept. 30. The confidential survey was mailed last month to all hospital CEOs to identify best practices for promoting employee health.…