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In a new blog, John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, and Scott Gee, deputy national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, highlight how hospitals and health systems are improving cyber resilience by fortifying clinical continuity plans and bolstering collaboration with…
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Oct. 5 that the state has reached 1,004 confirmed measles cases this year. There have been 27 new positive cases since the department’s last update on Oct. 2.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published its list of participants for its mandatory Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded Model, or CJR-X. The payment model focuses on lower extremity joint replacement procedures.
The Senate passed the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act on Sept. 30 by unanimous consent.
Multiple changes to transparency in coverage requirements for insurers were finalized Oct. 5 by the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services.
An AHA blog published Oct. 5 responds to a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association report suggesting that hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence-enabled documentation tools is driving higher healthcare costs through increased coding intensity.
In this conversation, Nikki Daily, chief team resources officer at BayCare Health System, discusses how the organization is addressing Florida’s healthcare workforce shortage by building career pathways, developing apprenticeships and partnering with community organizations to create opportunities…
The AHA provided comments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Oct. 2 on a discussion from the commission’s September meeting on its examination of differences in post-acute care use between beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service Medicare.
The AHA, the New Hampshire Hospital Association and 340B Health have filed an amicus brief supporting Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital’s request for a preliminary injunction against Eli Lilly’s new 340B claims data policy.
A fifth measles-associated death was recorded in Pennsylvania, the state’s Department of Health announced Sept. 30.