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Mental Health Advocacy: 'An Amazing Journey' Cascade Healthcare Community, Bend, OR Summary
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus \(D-MT\) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley \(R-IA\) on April 28 released a set of policy options for transforming the health care delivery system to improve patient care and reduce health care costs.
On April 7, the Office of Management and Budget \(OMB\) issued interim guidance to help federal agencies and their employees implement the restrictions on communications with registered lobbyists about Recovery Act funding that were included in the Presidents recent executive memorandum \(…
In this edition: Rival Unions Form New Alliance...
Since President Obama on February 17 signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act \(ARRA\), which provides approximately 9 billion in funding to help hospitals and physicians adopt health information technology \(HIT\), we have received numerous inquiries from AHA members about how…
Presentation Slides from the RAC Member Calls on April 22 and May 12, 2009
This advisory aims to provide an overview of the permanent RAC program. It describes the guidelines RACs must follow, the requirements for hospitals and the timeline for the national rollout of the program.
Bringing Behavioral Health to the Bedside Bloomington Hospital, Bloomington, IN Summary
This advisory provides an overview of Fair Credit Reporting Act \(FCRA\) and its applications. Hospitals commitment to caring includes helping a patient determine his or her options for financial assistance and improving the billing process. One of the tools some hospitals have considered using to…