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The AHA invites applications through Jan. 27 for the 2017 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…
As an emergency department (ED) physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Steven Leffler, M.D., saw firsthand how chronically homeless patients returned again and again to his crowded ED for care.“We had a hard time discharging people because they didn’t have…
The Department of Veterans Affairs today issued a final rule allowing certain advanced practice registered nurses – certified nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and certified nurse midwives – to practice to the full extent of their education and training within the…
Medicare-certified dialysis facilities that pay premiums for individual market coverage directly or through a third party must educate patients about their coverage options and ensure that issuers are informed and agree to accept the payments for the duration of the plan year, the Centers for…
President Obama today signed into law the AHA-supported 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34), which includes a number of provisions important to hospitals and health systems. The legislation revises the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act to move the grandfather date for off-campus hospital outpatient…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released new guidance on changes to hospital cost report worksheet S-10.
The AHA is committed to accelerating progress to improve health equity and eliminate health care disparities, said Charisse Coulombe, vice president of clinical quality at the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust, at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Quality…
The frequency of neonatal abstinence syndrome rose more in rural than urban counties between 2004 and 2013, according to a research letter published online yesterday by JAMA Pediatrics. The NAS rate per 1,000 hospital births rose from 1.2 to 7.5 among rural infants, and from 1.4 to 4.8 among…
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative will host a Dec. 15 webinar on one health system’s journey to prevent workplace violence. Leaders from Mission Health in Asheville, NC, will discuss the initiative and its progress to date. For more information or to register for the 2 p.m…
Hospital-acquired conditions declined by 21% (3.1 million) between 2010 and 2015, saving an estimated 125,000 lives and $28 billion in health care costs, according to results reported today by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.