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Hospital outpatient departments treat sicker and poorer patients in need of more extensive care and resources than do physician offices, says a study released today and prepared for the AHA. The study by Rockville, MD-based KNG Health Consulting LLC said patients treated in HOPDs are about two…
At a subcommittee hearing yesterday on the president’s fiscal year 2016 budget request for Department of Health and Human Services programs, Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) told HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell that the president's proposal to reduce payment to…
Commenting yesterday on proposed criteria for selecting measures to include in a Hospital Compare star rating system, AHA encouraged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider using star ratings for specific measure topics (e.g., heart attack care, patient experience) as opposed…
The Coalition to Protect a Democratic Workplace, whose members include the AHA, yesterday urged the Senate to adopt a resolution (S.J. Res. 8) that would nullify a National Labor Relations Board final rule changing the process for filing and processing petitions for union representation of…
More than 8.8 million consumers selected or were re-enrolled in a health plan through the federally facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace during 2015 open enrollment, according to preliminary data released yesterday by the Department of Health and Human Services. The count includes data for…
For nearly 21 years, COACH for Kids and Their Families, a program of Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles, has brought health care to impoverished inner-city families.The program’s two mobile medical units visit low-income neighborhoods four days a week, providing vaccines, wellness…
The health care community will be ready for ICD-10 on Oct. 1, according to recent results from end-to-end testing, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced in a blog post today. About 660 health care providers and billing companies submitted…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended to March 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET the deadline for physicians and other eligible professionals to attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for calendar year 2014 under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. The original deadline…
House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) yesterday released a discussion draft of legislation to extend the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
U.S. News & World Report will host a March 5 webinar for hospital leaders to review its plans to publish this spring hospital ratings for common inpatient procedures and conditions. According to the publisher, most U.S. hospitals that have admitted Medicare patients for coronary artery bypass…