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Comment letter on the Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Payment System proposed rule which implements Section 216 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA).
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—the only health care organization among this year's winners. Four hospitals are part of CAMC, which is the largest nonprofit hospital system in West Virginia, as well as the third…
The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving the Institute of Medicine's six quality aims – safety, patient-centeredness, effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness and equity. For the first time, two children's hospitals were…
Press ReleaseMaryjane Wurth Named Chief Strategy and Relationship Officer and President and CEO of Health Forum WASHINGTON — November 20, 2015 — The AHA today announced that Maryjane Wurth will join the association on January 28, 2016, as chief strategy and relationship officer, and president and…
This paper is designed to continue the conversation around the concepts discussed in AHA's "Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future", and the AHA Workforce Center's "Workforce Roles in a Redesigned Primary Care Model" and "Reconfiguring the Bedside Care Team of the Future" and explore them in…
AHA letter to Representatives Ron Kind and Greg Walden expressings appreciation for their ongoing commitment to America's rural hospitals and the communities and patients they serve.
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AHA comments to CMS request for information on the implementation of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and alternative payment models.