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The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking nominations to an interagency task force created by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 to develop best practices for prescribing pain medication and managing pain. The task force will include hospital and other non-federal…
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative will host a Sept. 25 webinar on a program designed to care for hospital caregivers who experience a stressful event or outcome during patient care. Leaders from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., will discuss their Care for…
The QualityNet system has not yet been updated to reflect changes to electronic clinical quality measure reporting requirements for calendar year 2017 under the fiscal year 2018 inpatient prospective payment system final rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports. Released this…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline for submitting assessment measure data to the skilled nursing facility quality reporting program for the first three quarters of calendar year 2017 so it can correct technical issues with the current Review and Correct…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services recently applied to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for a Section 1115 demonstration waiver to implement certain work and cost-sharing requirements for “able-bodied” adults in the state’s Medicaid program.
At its annual conference next month in Orlando, FL, the AHA's Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development will present its 2017 Leadership Excellence Award to Jeffrey Kraut, executive vice president of strategy and analytics for Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, NY. The award, the…
Commenting today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule implementing the Affordable Care Act’s reductions to the state Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital allotments, AHA said it continues to advocate for the repeal of the reductions and urged the agency…
The number of federally-approved opioid treatment programs, which are qualified to dispense methadone and buprenorphine for opioid use disorders, increased 39% between 2003 and 2016, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. About 10% of all…
A new resource from the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust and Association for Community Health Improvement highlights innovative strategies that hospitals and health systems are using to promote safe and stable housing for vulnerable populations. “The links between housing…
The Iowa Department of Insurance this week asked the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services to approve a Section 1332 waiver for a stopgap measure to help stabilize the state’s individual health insurance market in 2018. The state proposes to redistribute the estimated…