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Legislation to create a Medicare value-based purchasing program for post-acute care “is too narrowly focused on cutting provider payment rather than promoting ‘value’,” AHA said in a letter today to leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee. “AHA members are deeply engaged in efforts to provide…
The Senate Health, Labor, Education & Pensions Committee today held a hearing on the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer decision. Under the August decision, two separate entities are considered “joint employers” of the same employees if they have any degree of indirect or…
In 2013, 54% of U.S. hospitals used most of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding recommended by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, a nearly two-fold increase since 2007, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host on Oct. 8 a Special Open Door Forum to discuss its upcoming “dry run” of provider performance reports for the all-cause unplanned 30-day readmissions measure for long-term care hospitals. The call will review the measure…
More than 1,000 health care facilities have joined the American Society for Healthcare Engineering’s Energy to Care program, ASHE announced today. The program encourages hospitals to reduce their energy consumption by 10% or more. Since 2009, participating hospitals have tracked more…
The American Organization of Nurse Executives has chosen as its next president-elect Joan Clark, senior vice president and system chief nurse executive at Texas Health Resources in Arlington. As 2016 president-elect, Clark will serve as AONE president in 2017. She currently serves as AHA’s…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration Friday updated a recent advisory urging health care facilities to review their procedures for cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing reusable medical devices. The update rescinds one of the earlier recommendations…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today awarded $11 million to create six new centers to help health care facilities prevent the spread of infectious diseases. The Prevention Epicenters will study new and better ways to prevent the spread of diseases such as Ebola, successful…
President Obama Saturday declared an emergency in South Carolina due to severe storms and flooding in portions of the state, and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts. A boil water advisory and low water pressure last night in the Columbia area forced five…
A new book by the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) identifies challenges, opportunities and action steps for transforming advanced illness care in the United States. The AHA is a co-sponsor of the book, which includes an introduction by Rich Umbdenstock, AHA past president and CEO…