Quality & Patient Safety
The Food and Drug Administration today alerted health care providers to safety risks associated with cesium chloride, a mineral salt sometimes taken by cancer patients who seek alternative treatments
Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider and private-sector employer, will receive the 2018 AHA Quest for Quality Prize on Thursday for its exemplary achievements in improving and preserving access to care, addressing the social determinants of health and encouraging…
ECRI Institute plans to continue providing the National Guideline Clearinghouse to the health care community this fall.
AHA today urged the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to reconsider its decision to shut down the National Guidelines Clearinghouse.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced safety labeling changes for fluoroquinolone antibiotics to strengthen warnings about the risk of mental health side effects and serious blood sugar disturbances.
On June 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it had postponed the July update of Hospital Overall Star Ratings on its Hospital Compare website.
The AHA has extended to July 16 the deadline for clinical teams to apply to participate in its 12-month virtual High-Value Care Collaborative.
The AHA Physician Alliance July 10 at 3:30 p.m. ET will host a webinar featuring Chris Moriates, M.D., a hospital medicine physician and assistant dean for health care value at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2019.
- Medicare
- Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS)
- Medicare DSH
- Electronic Health Records (EHRs) - Meaningful Use
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- Interoperability
- Medicare Area Wage Index (AWI)
- Hospital Readmission Reduction Program
- Value-based payment
- Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program
- Electronic Clinical Quality Measures
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