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Based on a review of new safety information, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced it is strengthening an existing label warning that non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the chance of a heart attack or stroke. Available by prescription and over the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will provide an update on ICD-10 implementation during a National Provider Call Aug. 27 at 2:30 p.m. ET. Experts from the AHA and American Health Information Management Association also will offer coding guidance and tips during the call. To register…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed a new payment model that would bundle payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery. Under the proposed five-year Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, the hospital in which the joint replacement…
The nation must make rapid progress on developing secure, efficient sharing of health information, not only for improving care, but also for engaging patients and supporting new models of care, according to a report released today by the AHA’s Interoperability Advisory Group. The report notes…
Prescription drug prices were 5.3% higher in May than a year ago, by far the highest growth rate for any health care category, according to the latest Economic Indicators from Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending.
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust today announced it will create an online community designed to help strengthen care transitions. “Huddle for Care,” funded by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, seeks to accelerate the dissemination of ideas…
Hospitals are taking more aggressive privacy and security measures to protect and safeguard patient data, according to the 17th annual HealthCare’s Most Wired survey, released today by the AHA’s Health Forum subsidiary and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. For…
Only 9% of U.S. adults consumed the recommended daily amount of vegetables and 13% the recommended amount of fruit in 2013, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Results varied widely by state, with Californians having the highest intake for…
The AHA July 7 sharply criticized a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report examining Medicare Part B spending at disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
More than a decade ago, people walking around Sacramento’s downtown business area were accustomed to seeing unconscious figures passed out on sidewalks.Paramedics often would gather up inebriated people and bring them to Sutter Medical Center’s emergency department (ED). Or police would…