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Overall hospital prices declined 0.5% in January, and were 0.1% less than a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Prices for the subgroup of general medical and surgical hospitals declined 0.6%, and were 0.1% less than in January 2014, according to the BLS' Producer Price Indices…
The winter edition of AHA's Great Boards newsletter is now available and focuses on two issues: aligning governance and business models and executive compensation. In addition, a new tool on the Great Boards website aims to help hospital boards and leaders identify initiatives that have donor…
The AHA recently recommended specific changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to encourage accountable care organizations (ACO) to invest in the infrastructure necessary to successfully take on risk. More than 400 organizations participate in the MSSP and provide care to some 7.2…
The AHA recently recommended specific changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to encourage accountable care organizations (ACO) to invest in the infrastructure necessary to successfully take on risk.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted four online training videos developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine to help emergency department personnel identify, triage and briefly manage patients who might have Ebola.
Open enrollment in the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace concluded Sunday, but those who tried to enroll for the first time and couldn’t finish may have until Feb. 22 to get coverage, according to a blog post yesterday at HealthCare.gov. To qualify, the applicant must…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will discuss ICD-10 implementation issues and testing opportunities during a National Provider Call Feb. 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET. For details on the call or to register, click here. Health care providers must include ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes…
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to offer potential payment solutions for hospital stays of less than two-midnights in its proposed rule for the fiscal year 2016 inpatient prospective payment system. Meanwhile, AHA asked the agency to extend the partial…
Democratic members of the Senate Finance and House Energy and Commerce committees yesterday introduced separate bills to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program through 2019.
The Food and Drug Administration today released for public comment four draft guidance documents on drug compounding and repackaging for outsourcing facilities, state-licensed pharmacies and federal facilities. Two documents describe the FDA’s current thinking regarding whether an entity…