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The Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health Task Force will convene several virtual listening sessions beginning next month to facilitate stakeholder input on actions to accelerate the adoption and accessibility of broadband-enabled health care solutions and advanced technologies,…
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today unveiled an economic plan focused on improving wages, lowering costs and boosting job opportunities.
Up to one in three Medicaid expansion enrollees received outpatient behavioral health treatment in 2014 in four states examined by the Government Accountability Office: Iowa, New York, Washington and West Virginia. Officials in the three states expanding Medicaid to this population for the first…
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives will conduct the annual “HealthCare’s Most Wired” hospital survey and benchmarking program going forward, AHA and CHIME announced today. An active supporter of the program since its inception in 1999, CHIME transitioned…
When a patient shows up at Children’s Mercy Hospital suffering from a severe asthma attack, the hospital is ready to do more than just treat the illness. The child’s home may get a checkup as well.
Fujifilm Medical Systems today voluntarily recalled its ED-530XT model duodenoscopes to replace certain parts in an effort to reduce potential risk associated with inadequate reprocessing of the device, which is used to visualize the upper digestive tract. The company plans to contact all customers…
The AHA today updated its MACRA Tracker and issue brief to help hospitals and their clinician partners prepare for the second year of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ physician quality payment program created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
An estimated 43.7 million U.S. adults (18.4%) reported experiencing mental illness in the past year when surveyed between 2012 and 2014, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. State estimates ranged from 15.8% in New Jersey to 22.7% in Oregon,…
Senate leaders today released a revised draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act, legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The updated bill omits an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) that would have allowed insurers who sell a minimum number of compliant health plans on the…
Rural hospital and health system leaders today received an update on their legislative and policy priorities at an AHA Rural Hospital Policy Forum before meeting with their representatives on Capitol Hill. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), lead sponsor of the AHA-supported Rural Emergency Acute Care…