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An estimated 3 million low-income, uninsured adults have a serious mental illness and/or substance use condition, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. That’s about 17% of low-income, uninsured adults, with estimates by state ranging from 6.9% to 27.5%, GAO…
Care Dimensions in Danvers, MA, will receive the 2015 Circle of Life Award on Friday at the Health Forum-AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco. In addition, Hospice of Frederick County, part of Frederick (MD) Regional Health System, will receive a Citation of Honor. Both programs share overriding…
The Department of Health and Human Services should not require the health plan identifier and other entity identifier in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act transactions, the AHA told the agency in comments submitted today.
More than 140 Medicare-certified hospices will participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model, which will allow eligible Medicare beneficiaries and those dually eligible for Medicaid to receive hospice services while curative services continue, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, CO, will receive the 2015 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize on Thursday for its sustainable and pervasive achievements with respect to the Institute of Medicine’s six quality aims of safe, effective, efficient, timely, patient-centered and…
The AHA encourages all hospitals to submit data to the quarterly RACTrac survey by July 24. The free web-based survey helps AHA gauge the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program on hospitals and advocate for needed changes. For more information on the RACTrac initiative, including a…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today launched a “dry run” test of its proposed star rating system for overall hospital-level quality. The test, which runs through Aug.
Erlanger Health System’s trauma center in Chattanooga, TN, treated a police officer and two Marines who were injured in yesterday’s shooting at a military recruitment center and a reserve center in Chattanooga. Four Marines were killed, and the shooter also is deceased.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday launched an online collection of federal resources available to mitigate the health impacts of emergencies. Topics range from patient movement and hospital care to situational awareness and decontamination, with resources ranging from…
UCLA Health today announced it was a victim of a criminal cyber attack. The health system estimates that data on as many as 4.5 million individuals may have been involved in the attack, but said it currently has no evidence that any personal or medical information was actually accessed or…