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Alaska Gov. Bill Walker yesterday alerted a state legislative committee that he intends to accept federal and state funds to expand Medicaid to low-income adults by Sept. 1, setting in a motion a state process that will allow the initiative to proceed within 45 days. Extending Medicaid to low-…
The next members-only Town Hall webcast will be streamed live from the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco on Thursday, July 23 at 1 p.m. ET. Panelists will cover the Supreme Court’s recent decision in King v. Burwell, Congress’ health care agenda, the 2016 elections and…
AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance has released a free webinar to help hospital boards prepare for value-based care. The webinar provides an overview of value-based care and critical factors for boards to consider, as well as practical advice on how to evaluate changes within the…
A hospital and county collaboration called Nuestra Vida (Our Lives) helps Latino residents of New Mexico’s Dona Ana County live a healthier lifestyle with diabetes.Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M., and the Dona Ana County Department of Health and Human Services launched the program…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted the first star ratings to Home Health Compare, which are based on nine of 29 quality measures publicly reported by home health agencies for calendar year 2014. Medicare-certified agencies that reported data for at least five of the…
U.S. adults with health insurance or higher incomes were more likely to receive nine recommended clinical preventive services in 2011-2012, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The American Society for Healthcare Engineering yesterday recognized more than 20 hospitals for their work to slash energy use, reduce operational costs and free up more resources for patient care. The recognition is part of ASHE's Energy to Care program, which encourages hospitals to reduce…
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing and The National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers are surveying a nationally representative sample of 260,000 registered nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses this month to learn more about the U.S. nursing workforce. “All nurses who…
Family caregivers provided an estimated 37 billion hours of care to adult relatives or friends with chronic or disabling health conditions in 2013, according to a report released today by the AARP Public Policy Institute. The authors estimate the economic value of that care at $470 billion,…
Five hospital-led partnerships to improve community health received 2015 AHA NOVA Awards July 25 at the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Francisco.The winning programs are the Mayor’s Healthy City Initiative in Baton Rouge, La.; the Bithlo Transformation Project in Orlando, Fla.;…