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An Arizona court this week upheld a 2013 state law expanding Medicaid coverage to low-income residents under the Affordable Care Act. Some members of the state legislature claimed that the law’s assessment on hospitals to help pay for the expansion was a tax and therefore unconstitutional…
The AHA will host a members-only webinar Sept. 15 on "Building Primary Care from the Ground Up: Partnership for Training Rural Residents in Medicine." Presenters will describe how a North Dakota critical access hospital, CHI-Mercy Medical Center, combined resources with the Family Medicine…
The AHA and its Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development affiliate will host a webcast Sept. 16 on the value and potential of social media to leverage hospital community benefit programs and patient engagement. Topics include social media platforms and their legal implications, and…
The AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance has released a free webinar on Accountable Care Organization concepts and how Medicare ACOs can be part of a hospital organization’s strategy to move from volume to value. The webinar explores the difference between commercial and Medicare ACOs, where…
Commenting today on the proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule for FY 2016, AHA said it supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed two-midnight policy changes.
The Health Resources and Services Administration today released proposed omnibus guidance for the 340B Drug Pricing Program in the form of a notice with a 60-day comment period. The guidance covers: covered entity eligibility; patient definition; Group Purchasing Organization prohibition;…
The National Labor Relations Board today adopted a new union-advocated standard that two separate entities are “joint employers” of the same employees if they have any degree of indirect or reserved control over those matters governing the essential terms and conditions of employment of the…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued updated guidance regarding personal protective equipment for health care personnel caring for suspected and confirmed Ebola patients in U.S. health care facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced a four-year extension of its Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents, which will allow current participants to apply to test a new payment model.
Four national hospital organizations, including the AHA, yesterday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to suspend plans to implement Oct. 1 an inpatient quality reporting measure for severe sepsis and septic shock management that conflicts with the tenets of effective…