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Trustee Insights, the AHA’s new quarterly update for hospital leaders and boards, offers briefs on some of the hottest topics in health care and webinar and video content that can be used for boardroom education and discussion.
The AHA today urged Congress to provide law enforcement and other appropriate agencies with the resources to investigate cyber attacks and proactively prevent them.
Birth defects were reported in 10% of the 250 completed pregnancies with laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection reported to the U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry in 2016, according to a Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s more than 30…
The AHA, along with Baxter International Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust, is accepting applications through April 7 for the 2017 Foster G. McGaw Prize. The prize honors health care organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this afternoon announced changes to the Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug programs for calendar year 2018, which would increase payment rates by a net 0.45%. When combined with expected growth in plan risk scores, CMS expects the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is working to finalize updated guidance related to co-location, which should clarify policies governing how hospitals can share space with other providers, the agency told the AHA last week. In a meeting with agency officials, including David Wright…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on April 1 paused for at least 30 days its home health agency pre-claim review demonstration in Illinois. It also said it would not expand the demonstration to Florida on April 1 as planned.
Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. Cancer death rates decreased an average 1.8% per year in men, 1.4% per year in women and 1.6% per year in…
The Kansas House of Representatives today failed by three votes to override the governor’s veto of legislation to expand Medicaid eligibility to low-income uninsured adults.
April is National Minority Health Month, dedicated to raising awareness about the health disparities that continue to affect minority populations. During the month, AHA and its Institute for Diversity in Health Management affiliate will participate in a number of activities led by the…