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As the Sept. 30 deadline for reporting meaningful use of electronic health records for fiscal year 2015 approaches, the Department of Health and Human Services has sent to the Office of Management and Budget for review a final rule changing the 2015 reporting period to a 90-day period aligned with…
The House of Representatives last night approved by voice vote the AHA-supported Protecting Our Infants Act (H.R. 1462). The bipartisan legislation, authored by Rep.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights yesterday published a proposed rule clarifying the standards the agency applies in implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age or…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week announced the Medicare Advantage Valued-Based Insurance Design Model, which will test whether encouraging plan enrollees with certain conditions to consume high-value clinical services through reduced cost sharing and other approaches…
A new AHA infographic highlights how hospitals are working together and with physicians and other community partners to provide patients with convenient, high- quality and affordable care. “Even in the midst of such profound transformation, the growth in hospital prices is a historically…
The AHA’s Workforce Center yesterday participated in a Department of Labor summit for leaders in the ApprenticeshipUSA initiative, which aims to double the number of registered apprenticeships over the next five years.
Join AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET for the next members-only Town Hall webcast. Melinda Hatton, AHA senior vice president and general counsel, and Josh Soven, AHA outside counsel and a partner at Gibson Dunn, will discuss the recently announced acquisitions involving four…
Passage of the Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services Act, or PARTS Act, H.R. 1611/S. 257, the Critical Access Hospital Relief Act, H.R. 169/S. 258, and the Rural Community Hospital (RCH) Demonstration Extension Act, H.R. 672/S. 607, are key parts of the AHA’s rural hospital advocacy agenda.…
Passage of the Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services Act, or PARTS Act, H.R. 1611/S. 257, the Critical Access Hospital Relief Act, H.R. 169/S. 258, and the Rural Community Hospital (RCH) Demonstration Extension Act, H.R. 672/S. 607, are key parts of the AHA’s rural hospital advocacy agenda.…
The AHA on Sept. 8 expressed support for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) payment model, but urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to “provide hospitals with the necessary tools to be successful under the program and appropriately balance the risk…