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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released frequently asked questions for hospitals notifying patients of risk from potentially contaminated heater-cooler devices used during cardiac surgery. CDC last month advised hospitals to alert clinicians and patients that Stöckert…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration yesterday awarded up to $49 million over the next five years for state, tribal and community programs aimed at substance use prevention among children, adolescents and young adults. “These grants can help save lives and support…
Ending the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing subsidies would harm patients’ finances and health, trigger a “death spiral” in the health insurance exchanges, and force hospitals to shoulder an even greater financial burden, making it harder for them to serve their…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the final rule for the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2017, which, after all policy changes, would reduce HH payments by 0.7%, a $130 million cut, from 2016 payment levels. This net cut includes a 2.8%…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today awarded $25.5 million in grants to 22 states and the District of Columbia to enforce and oversee compliance with Affordable Care Act requirements for essential health benefits, preventive services, parity in mental health and substance use…
The Health Resources and Services Administration will make $39 million available to health centers in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands over a three-year period to expand access to preventive and primary care services for Zika and other urgent and emergent needs, the agency…
Hospitalizations for prescription opioid poisonings increased 165% among children and adolescents between 1997 and 2012, to 3.7 per 100,000, according to a study published online today by JAMA Pediatrics. The largest increases in hospitalizations occurred among children ages 1-4 (205%) and 15-…
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative today released a web-based resource, www.aha.org/hospitalsagainstviolence, to help hospitals and health systems address violence and the toll it takes on their communities and colleagues. The webpage provides information on national, state and…
Hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations can register starting today to host an intern as part of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management’s 2017 Summer Enrichment Program. The SEP places diverse, graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in health care…
The AHA last week urged Congress to act on several critical hospital and health system priorities when it returns after the elections.