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A coalition of more than 100 organizations, including the AHA and its American Organization of Nurse Executives subsidiary, today recommended House and Senate appropriators provide $7.48 billion in discretionary funding for Health Resources and Services Administration programs in fiscal year 2018.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback today vetoed legislation that would have expanded Medicaid eligibility to uninsured adults under age 65 who earn up to 133% of the federal poverty level.
The AHA’s Association for Community Health Improvement has updated its Community Health Assessment Toolkit to offer a nine-step pathway to a robust and community-engaged health assessment process. All nonprofit hospitals complete community health needs assessments every three years, a…
The AHA’s American Society for Healthcare Engineering is accepting applications through April 1 for its 2017 Energy to Care awards, which recognize health care leaders for improvements in energy efficiency. More than 2,000 health care facilities participate in the Energy to Care benchmarking…
Oregon community hospitals provide or support 117,000 jobs and contribute $9.6 billion to the state’s economy, according to a report released today by the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended through April 7 its request for comments on a draft pediatric care model concept for children and youth covered by Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
The Kansas legislature today approved bipartisan legislation (HB 2044) to expand Medicaid eligibility to uninsured adults under age 65 who earn up to 133% of the federal poverty level. The Kanas Hospital Association supported the measure, which calls for the state to submit a waiver request to…
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a strategy to reduce hepatitis B and C as a public health problem by 2030. The report calls for a coordinated federal effort to eliminate viral hepatitis, including working with states to build a…
An estimated 19% of adults aged 50 and older have an elevated risk for a hip fracture in the next 10 years, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Another 8% have an elevated risk for a fracture of the spine, forearm, hip or humerus, the authors…
The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) will present members and others with 2017 awards for outstanding leadership during its annual meeting this week in Baltimore.