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The Institute for Diversity in Health Management (Institute) can more closely coordinate the many – but sometimes isolated – efforts underway to eliminate health care disparities and achieve health equity, says the organization’s new president and CEO.“One of the biggest…
The AHA yesterday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to articulate how it intends to coordinate implementation of the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting and Value-Based Purchasing programs with the Nursing Home Quality Initiative.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education today approved legislation that would provide $153 billion in discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies in fiscal year 2016, $3.7 billion less than this year.
The National Patient Safety Foundation yesterday issued guidelines to help health care organizations improve root cause analysis to investigate and prevent medical errors.
Effective today, travelers from Liberia to the United States no longer need to be actively monitored by or in daily contact with their health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. They will continue to be screened when departing Liberia and funneled…
Many seniors injured in motor vehicle crashes remain in pain for months afterwards, negatively affecting their quality of life and ability to live independently, according to a study published yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine. The study looked at patients aged 65 and older who visited…
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law today held a hearing on the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act, AHA-supported legislation that would standardize the merger review process for the Department of Justice…
Hospital leaders today briefed congressional staff on the important role that Medicare’s support for graduate medical education plays in helping teaching hospitals train the next generation of health care providers and urged Congress to provide adequate funding to support these efforts. The…
The AHA today participated in a bipartisan Capitol Hill briefing hosted by the Senate Rural Caucus, chaired by Sens. Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Al Franken (D-MN), to educate congressional staff on the unique circumstances and needs impacting health care delivery in rural communities. The AHA…
The AHA supports a number of provisions in the inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2016, but is concerned about the rule’s cuts to disproportionate share hospital payments, lack of data transparency and certain proposed changes to the Inpatient Quality Reporting…