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The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust recently announced that it will partner with the University of Kentucky Center for Health Services Research to conduct a study to determine transitional care services that improve health outcomes and are of high value to patients and their…
CareerSTAT, an initiative of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and Jobs for the Future, recently recognized 10 employers as 2015 “Frontline Healthcare Worker Champions.” The award acknowledges health care organizations that have made a “lasting investment in…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released a final rule on changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and provisions relating to Medicare payments to providers of services and suppliers participating in Accountable Care Organizations under the MSSP.
Reps. Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) yesterday reintroduced a revamped Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, H.R. 2646, which would make a number of changes to the nation’s mental health system.
Hospitals provide many more services than other care sites, and the resources needed to maintain that capacity cannot be ignored, said Michael Sack, former president and CEO of Hallmark Health System in Massachusetts, at a panel today in Washington, D.C., examining so-called “site-neutral…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 24 will host a national provider call on its proposed methodology for determining the overall star ratings for measures on Hospital Compare, which the agency will make publicly available soon. On the call, from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.32% in May to a seasonally adjusted 4,879,300 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. That's 15,700 more people than in April and 101,800 more than a year ago. Without the seasonal adjustment, which removes the effect of…
The AHA is pleased that the final rule on the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) gives participants in Track 1 – the most basic version of a Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) – the option to renew their agreements for another three years. But the association said the rule could have…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday released a final rule on changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and provisions relating to Medicare payments to providers of services and suppliers participating in Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) under the MSSP.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this afternoon released a final rule on changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and provisions relating to Medicare payments to providers of services and suppliers participating in Accountable Care Organizations under the MSSP.