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The National Labor Relations Board Friday reinstated its traditional community-of-interest standard for determining an appropriate bargaining unit in union representation cases, abandoning the standard established in the 2011 Specialty Healthcare case.
The AHA invites applications through Feb. 2 for the 2018 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership. Named after AHA President Emeritus Dick Davidson, the annual award honors a state, regional or metropolitan hospital association that demonstrates exceptional…
House and Senate Republican conferees Friday released the conference report for legislation to overhaul the nation's tax code, which would maintain tax-exemption for private-activity bonds, as advocated by the AHA.
House Republicans Friday reached an agreement with the current administration and certain states in their lawsuit challenging the Obama administration for reimbursing insurers for cost-sharing reductions provided through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Under the agreement, the parties would ask…
The AHA today outlined its opposition to a potential policy under consideration by Congress that would cut payments to hospitals treating hospice patients. The policy stems from a 2013 Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General report that recommended a hospital transfer…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will no longer accept or renew state proposals for section 1115 Medicaid demonstrations that rely on federal matching funds for health programs previously funded entirely by the state, the agency announced Friday. CMS said several states have…
In an op-ed piece responding to a USA Today editorial critical of hospital mergers, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack explains how rapid changes in the larger health care field are leading hospitals and health systems to explore new ways to meet patients’ needs. “The decision by CVS to acquire…
The AHA will present its 2017 Rural Hospital Leadership Award to Bryan Slaba, CEO of Wagner Community Memorial Hospital Avera in Wagner, SD, at its Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in February. AHA also will honor award finalist Erik Thorsen, CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, OR…
The National Labor Relations Board yesterday overruled a 2015 board decision adopting a new joint-employer standard and returned to the previous standard that governed joint-employer liability, concluding that the reinstated standard adheres to the common law and is supported by the NLRA’s policy…
Medicare will cover skilled nursing facility care without a three-day inpatient hospital stay for certain beneficiaries affected by this month’s wildfires in southern California, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.