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Oregon community hospitals provide or support 117,000 jobs and contribute $9.6 billion to the state’s economy, according to a report released today by the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended through April 7 its request for comments on a draft pediatric care model concept for children and youth covered by Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
The Kansas legislature today approved bipartisan legislation (HB 2044) to expand Medicaid eligibility to uninsured adults under age 65 who earn up to 133% of the federal poverty level. The Kanas Hospital Association supported the measure, which calls for the state to submit a waiver request to…
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a strategy to reduce hepatitis B and C as a public health problem by 2030. The report calls for a coordinated federal effort to eliminate viral hepatitis, including working with states to build a…
An estimated 19% of adults aged 50 and older have an elevated risk for a hip fracture in the next 10 years, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Another 8% have an elevated risk for a fracture of the spine, forearm, hip or humerus, the authors…
The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) will present members and others with 2017 awards for outstanding leadership during its annual meeting this week in Baltimore.
In a new podcast hosted by AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals Against Violence initiative, Carilion Clinic Chief Medical Officer Patrice Weiss, M.D., shares how the Roanoke, VA, health care organization is working with others in the community to prevent child abuse and domestic…
The Class of 2019 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year. AHA board member Michelle Hood puts a priority on collaboration and on transforming the delivery system toward a fee-for-value model that uses coordinated care and integrated delivery mechanisms to build a higher…
Phillips Healthcare has recalled a device used by health care providers to pace people with a slow heart beat or deliver lifesaving electrical shocks to people with sudden cardiac arrest, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. Electrical and battery connection issues with the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday issued information on training and testing requirements under its final rule establishing new emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare and Medicaid-participating health care facilities. All affected providers and suppliers must…