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Congress should preserve the 340B Drug Pricing Program to protect access to life-saving medications and services for vulnerable hospital patients, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes today in the Congress blog at The Hill. “The exorbitant cost of prescription drugs threatens access…
About 13.6 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Aug. 31, 2015, increasing total enrollment in the programs by 23.6% since the start of the first open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a…
Imagine Solutions will host its 2016 leadership conference on Feb. 22 in Naples, FL. The annual conference offers briefings by more than 30 international thought leaders on subjects including health care, education, energy, the economy, the environment, women in leadership, the arts and social…
The U.S. Senate yesterday approved by unanimous consent the bipartisan Protecting Our Infants Act (S. 799). The AHA-supported legislation would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a strategy and recommendations to decrease the number of infants with opioid dependency, and…
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) will host a Nov. 3 webinar for health care organizations on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s framework for reducing cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure, including the health care sector.
Health care providers, technology vendors and the government must work together to make health information easier and less expensive to share, writes Mitzi Cardenas, chief information officer for Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, MO, and chair of the AHA’s Interoperability Advisory Group…
The AHA's Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development last week presented 2015 Awards for Individual Professional Excellence to Kriss Barlow, principal at health care consulting firm Barlow/McCarthy, and Sue Jablonski, communications executive at OhioHealth.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a new FAQ clarifying the alternate exclusion for hospitals and eligible professionals who do not plan to attest to certain public health measures for the 2015 Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. The…
Enrollment in U.S. medical schools grew 1.4% in 2015 to 20,630 students, the Association of American Medical Colleges announced today. Medical school classes also continued to diversify, with increases in nearly every racial and ethnic category, the association said. Applications to U.S.…
The Baldrige Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2016 Baldrige Executive Fellows Program. Designed for senior leaders, the program is a one-year, leadership development experience designed to facilitate dialogue on all aspects of leadership and how it relates to a visionary focus,…