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Nine national hospital organizations, including the AHA, today expressed support for bipartisan legislation to permanently replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula. “H.R. 2 will move physicians toward payment based on value rather than volume, a change that has been led…
Premature deaths declined in 60% of the nation’s counties between 2004-2006 and 2010-2012, according to county health rankings released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The rankings define premature deaths as those…
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Tuesday will host the third in a series of Open Door Forums on its Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model, which will allow participants to assume higher levels of financial risk and reward than the Pioneer Model and Medicare Shared…
The spring 2015 issue of AHA’s Great Boards newsletter is now available and features articles on the results of AHA’s national governance survey and characteristics of high-performing boards. Administered by AHA's Center for Healthcare Governance, the free quarterly newsletter…
The AHA today voiced support for H.R. 2, legislation filed this morning by House Republican and Democratic leaders to permanently replace the Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula. About $70 billion of the roughly $210 billion cost of replacing the SGR would be offset by reductions to…
Congress should preserve the 340B Drug Pricing Program because it helps hospitals and other eligible entities improve access to comprehensive health care services for more patients, especially low-income and uninsured patients, the AHA today told the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee.
The Veterans Choice Program will use driving distance to determine the distance between a veteran’s residence and the nearest VA medical facility, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced today. The department expects to implement the policy change through an interim final rule in the…
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices is alerting hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and anesthesia professionals about the potential for dangerous mix-ups due to look-alike packaging for the drugs Bloxiverz (neostigmine) and Vazculep (phenylephrine) made by Eclat Pharmaceuticals. In…
An estimated 37.2 million U.S. residents lacked health insurance at some time during the first nine months of 2014, 7.6 million fewer than in 2013, according to preliminary estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportion of residents who were…
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a $31 million agreement with Emergent BioSolutions to develop an anthrax vaccine that could provide protection in fewer doses. “Anthrax remains a national health security threat, and we’re striving to develop an anthrax…