Physician Issues
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a new patient-friendly resource on prescription opioids.
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pew Charitable Trusts released a study in JAMA and corresponding editorial that analyzed antibiotic use in the outpatient setting. The study found that in the U.S. in 2010-2011, there was an estimated annual antibiotic prescription…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) members are invited to apply for a learning fellowship on managing population health and succeeding in the new physician payment models that take effect in 2019, also known as Medicare Access and CHIP…
AHA Comments Re: Draft Measure Development Plan for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and APM
The American Hospital Association is pleased to partner with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) on the Pursuing Excellence in Clinical Learning Environments project.Launched today, this four-year initiative is designed to promote transformative improvement within the…
AHA comments to CMS regarding the physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2016.
Physicians and hospitals are being both pushed and pulled together in new ways by a variety of market forces